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dohai

dohai interjection: a traditional cry for justice or the redressing of a wrong.

Interjection

  1. (India) A traditional cry for justice or the redressing of a wrong.
    • 'Dohai! Dohai!' they screamed. 'They've killed our men, we want justice. Hang these foreigners or hand them over to us.'1990, Khushwant Singh, Delhi, page 260
    • She flung her hands up to heaven, and her young voice rose in the traditional cry for justice. 'Dohai! Dohai!'1893, Macmillan's Magazine, volume 67, page 153

Questions about dohai

What does dohai mean?
Dohai means a traditional cry for justice or the redressing of a wrong.
What part of speech is dohai?
Dohai is an interjection.

Words near dohai in the dictionary

  1. dogy
  2. dogz
  3. doh
  4. doha
  5. Dohad
  6. dohai
  7. Dohan
  8. Dohans
  9. dohas
  10. DOHC
  11. DOHCs

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