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talab

talab noun: a pond for harvesting rainwater.

Noun

talab (plural talabs)

  1. (East, India, Middle, Pakistan) A pond for harvesting rainwater.
    • Harish, whose foundation provides villages with some of the building costs for tankas and talabs, grins as she relates the story.2009 September 13, Rick Westhead, “India: Will the tap run dry?”, in Toronto Star

Forms of talab

pluraltalabs

Origin of talab

Borrowed from Hindi तालाब (tālāb), from Persian تالاب (tâlâb).

Phrases with talab

Questions about talab

What does talab mean?
Talab means a pond for harvesting rainwater.
What part of speech is talab?
Talab is a noun.
What is the plural of talab?
The plural of talab is talabs.

Words near talab in the dictionary

  1. tal qual
  2. tal-
  3. Tal-y-Cafn
  4. Tal-y-llyn
  5. tala
  6. talab
  7. talabaw
  8. talabon
  9. talabons
  10. talabostat
  11. talabs

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