Doabn.

Brit.

/ˈdəʊəb/,

/ˈduːəb/, U.S.

/ˈdoʊəb/,

/ˈduəb/

Forms: 1600s– Doab, 1700s– Duab, 1700s–1800s Dooab. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Persian. Etymon: Persian doāb.

Etymology: < Persian doāb, duāb (often in place names) confluence, land between two rivers, used in India of the tongue of land between the Ganges and Jumna, and of similar tracts in the Punjab, etc., lit. ‘two waters’ < dō two (from the same Indo-European base as two adj.) + āb water, perhaps after Hindi dvīpa land between waters, island. Compare Punjab n.With Doabah (see quot. 1783) compare Persian doāba (chiefly in Indian Persian), apparently a suffixed derivative of doāb.

Originally and chiefly in South Asia: (the name of) a strip or narrow tract of land between two rivers; spec. (with the) the area between the rivers Ganges and Jumna in northern India.

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the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > land near river > [noun] > between rivers

Doab1638

Mesopotamia1651

subdivide1857

interfluve1902

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) i. 59 Then, by Ally Cooclinchan he subdues Doab (by some call'd Sanbal a Province surrounded by Ieminy and Ganges, fruitfull and well peopled).

1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo i. 20 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors Whence some have taken occasion to call this Province Doab [Fr. Doab], that is to say, between two waters; as if one should say, Mesopotamia, or Interaquas.

1783 J. Rennell Mem. Map Hindoostan 7 Dooab or Doabah signifies a tract of land formed by the approximation and junction of two rivers: that formed by the Ganges and Jumna rivers is called by way of eminence The Dooab.

1785 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 740/2 Letters from the Duab bring melancholy accounts of the numbers who have lately perished by famine in that district.

1803 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1844) I. 605 That you should transport your company..into the dooab between [that river] and the Godavery.

1824 R. Heber Jrnl. 1 Oct. in Narr. Journey Upper Provinces India (1828) I. xiv. 341 An open carriage is an eligible method of travelling in the Dooab.

1834 A. Burnes Trav. Bokhara II. i. 400 Cotton..is chiefly produced in the ‘doab’, between the Sutledge and Beas Rivers.

1854 R. G. Latham Native Races Russ. Empire 177 The Doab, Entre Rios, or Mesopotamia, bounded by the rivers Obi and Irtish.

1881 W. W. Hunter Imperial Gazetteer India III. 254 Farakhábád bears the reputation of being one of the healthiest Districts in the Doáb.

1907 Geogr. Jrnl. 30 357 In applying to Russian Turkestan the word Duab as used in India, I hope to have found a short and concise term for the country between the rivers Oxus..and Yaxartes.

1939 Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. 2 220 The seven dvīpas, by which must be understood the area round Sialkot and the various doabs of the Panjab.

2012 Def. & Foreign Affairs' Strategic Policy (Nexis) Feb. 9 The principal urbanized areas are located in Bari, Rechna and Chaj Doabs, between the Sutlej and Jhelum.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	doab
释义	Doabn. Brit. /ˈdəʊəb/, /ˈduːəb/, U.S. /ˈdoʊəb/, /ˈduəb/ Forms: 1600s– Doab, 1700s– Duab, 1700s–1800s Dooab. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Persian. Etymon: Persian doāb. Etymology: < Persian doāb, duāb (often in place names) confluence, land between two rivers, used in India of the tongue of land between the Ganges and Jumna, and of similar tracts in the Punjab, etc., lit. ‘two waters’ < dō two (from the same Indo-European base as two adj.) + āb water, perhaps after Hindi dvīpa land between waters, island. Compare Punjab n.With Doabah (see quot. 1783) compare Persian doāba (chiefly in Indian Persian), apparently a suffixed derivative of doāb. Originally and chiefly in South Asia: (the name of) a strip or narrow tract of land between two rivers; spec. (with the) the area between the rivers Ganges and Jumna in northern India. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > land near river > [noun] > between rivers Doab1638 Mesopotamia1651 subdivide1857 interfluve1902 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) i. 59 Then, by Ally Cooclinchan he subdues Doab (by some call'd Sanbal a Province surrounded by Ieminy and Ganges, fruitfull and well peopled). 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo i. 20 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors Whence some have taken occasion to call this Province Doab [Fr. Doab], that is to say, between two waters; as if one should say, Mesopotamia, or Interaquas. 1783 J. Rennell Mem. Map Hindoostan 7 Dooab or Doabah signifies a tract of land formed by the approximation and junction of two rivers: that formed by the Ganges and Jumna rivers is called by way of eminence The Dooab. 1785 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 740/2 Letters from the Duab bring melancholy accounts of the numbers who have lately perished by famine in that district. 1803 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1844) I. 605 That you should transport your company..into the dooab between [that river] and the Godavery. 1824 R. Heber Jrnl. 1 Oct. in Narr. Journey Upper Provinces India (1828) I. xiv. 341 An open carriage is an eligible method of travelling in the Dooab. 1834 A. Burnes Trav. Bokhara II. i. 400 Cotton..is chiefly produced in the ‘doab’, between the Sutledge and Beas Rivers. 1854 R. G. Latham Native Races Russ. Empire 177 The Doab, Entre Rios, or Mesopotamia, bounded by the rivers Obi and Irtish. 1881 W. W. Hunter Imperial Gazetteer India III. 254 Farakhábád bears the reputation of being one of the healthiest Districts in the Doáb. 1907 Geogr. Jrnl. 30 357 In applying to Russian Turkestan the word Duab as used in India, I hope to have found a short and concise term for the country between the rivers Oxus..and Yaxartes. 1939 Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. 2 220 The seven dvīpas, by which must be understood the area round Sialkot and the various doabs of the Panjab. 2012 Def. & Foreign Affairs' Strategic Policy (Nexis) Feb. 9 The principal urbanized areas are located in Bari, Rechna and Chaj Doabs, between the Sutlej and Jhelum. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1638
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