Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dubash

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dubash
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Indian translator or interpreter, particularly in their role as a household steward for British colonizers.

Indian usage

Example Sentences

"This I learnt was the captain's dubash, a native man acting as general steward who provides every household article as well as of merchandise, and engages all inferior servants."
"[…] inhabitants complain to him, and as he does not understand the language he is obliged to call for his dubash to interpret what they say; […]"

Etymology

From Hindi दो (do, “two”) + भाषा (bhāṣā, “languages”).

Origin

Source language: Hindi

Word Breakdown

Root: दो

Usage

Indian usage

Inflected Forms

dubashes (plural) debash (alternative) dobash (alternative)

Questions

What does dubash mean?: An Indian translator or interpreter, particularly in their role as a household steward for British colonizers.
Where does dubash come from?: It is traced to Hindi.

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