douglaadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈdʊɡlə/,

/ˈdəʊɡlə/, U.S.

/ˈdʊɡlə/,

/ˈdoʊɡlə/, Caribbean English

/ˈdoːɡla/,

/ˈdʊɡla/

Forms: 1900s– doaglah, 1900s– dogla, 1900s– doogla, 1900s– dooglah, 1900s– dougla, 1900s– douglah, 1900s– dugla, 1900s– duglah.

Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi doglā.

Etymology: < Hindi doglā (adjective) of mixed descent, (noun) person of mixed descent, specific use of doglā hybrid, cross-bred, further etymology unknown.Compare the following earlier passage from an Indian English context (with reference to animals), which either shows the Hindi word (but with an English plural ending) or perhaps a rare local borrowing into English:1896 Agric. Ledger 1895 (Calcutta) No. 22. 22 The people of Harriana district..dislike them [sc. a breed of bull]..as they have all the faults they consider worst... They are also..doglas or cross bred.

Caribbean (chiefly Trinidad, Tobago, and Guyana). Sometimes (esp. in early use) considered derogatory or offensive.

A. adj.

Designating a person of mixed (esp. South Asian and African) descent; of, relating to, or characteristic of such a person or people.

ΚΠ

1906 Penny Cuts (Trinidad) 17 Mar. 13 A well known Scholar here.., after so many years training.., is to be married to a ‘Dogla Lady’... What satisfaction, eh! The black backra is sure to go mad.

1957 Amer. Anthropologist 59 820 A man of Portuguese-Carib and Doogla (Negro-Indian) parents..married a girl of Martinique Colored, Venezuelan mestizo, and Chinese Creole origins.

1988 W. Chen King of Carnival 118 Two of his best friends boycotted the wedding. They listened to the rumour that Zobida was ‘dougla’, even though the bride's parents denied it.

2013 Caribbean News Now (Nexis) 20 June In spite of the racial tension between East Indians and Africans in Trinidad and Tobago, there is an increase in the dougla population.

B. n.

A person of mixed (esp. South Asian and African) descent. Also with unchanged plural.

ΚΠ

1954 Monthly Information Bull. (Caribbean Comm.) Apr. 220/2 For every hundred East Indians in the Colony, there are five ‘duglas’, the Hindi word used to describe the offspring of Indian-Creole unions.

1960 A. Niehoff & J. Niehoff East Indians in W. Indies vi. 66 This Negro got an Indian woman to live with him and went around boasting how many doglas he was going to produce.

1985 J. Carew in New Eng. Rev. Summer 617 ‘Buddy is a douglah like you, Ti-Zek,’ Ram mumbled. ‘Whatever kind of blood he got in him is bad blood, an' it mix with poison.’

1999 S. Ryan Jhandi & Cross 292 Some..believe that..douglas..will rise up from their 'cultural wilderness' in the next millennium and dictate the balance of power in the country.

2017 @__alexissxoxo 8 Apr. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Proud to be a dougla cause I'm mixed with the best of both worlds.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	dougla
释义	douglaadj.n. Brit. /ˈdʊɡlə/, /ˈdəʊɡlə/, U.S. /ˈdʊɡlə/, /ˈdoʊɡlə/, Caribbean English /ˈdoːɡla/, /ˈdʊɡla/ Forms: 1900s– doaglah, 1900s– dogla, 1900s– doogla, 1900s– dooglah, 1900s– dougla, 1900s– douglah, 1900s– dugla, 1900s– duglah. Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi doglā. Etymology: < Hindi doglā (adjective) of mixed descent, (noun) person of mixed descent, specific use of doglā hybrid, cross-bred, further etymology unknown.Compare the following earlier passage from an Indian English context (with reference to animals), which either shows the Hindi word (but with an English plural ending) or perhaps a rare local borrowing into English:1896 Agric. Ledger 1895 (Calcutta) No. 22. 22 The people of Harriana district..dislike them [sc. a breed of bull]..as they have all the faults they consider worst... They are also..doglas or cross bred. Caribbean (chiefly Trinidad, Tobago, and Guyana). Sometimes (esp. in early use) considered derogatory or offensive. A. adj. Designating a person of mixed (esp. South Asian and African) descent; of, relating to, or characteristic of such a person or people. ΚΠ 1906 Penny Cuts (Trinidad) 17 Mar. 13 A well known Scholar here.., after so many years training.., is to be married to a ‘Dogla Lady’... What satisfaction, eh! The black backra is sure to go mad. 1957 Amer. Anthropologist 59 820 A man of Portuguese-Carib and Doogla (Negro-Indian) parents..married a girl of Martinique Colored, Venezuelan mestizo, and Chinese Creole origins. 1988 W. Chen King of Carnival 118 Two of his best friends boycotted the wedding. They listened to the rumour that Zobida was ‘dougla’, even though the bride's parents denied it. 2013 Caribbean News Now (Nexis) 20 June In spite of the racial tension between East Indians and Africans in Trinidad and Tobago, there is an increase in the dougla population. B. n. A person of mixed (esp. South Asian and African) descent. Also with unchanged plural. ΚΠ 1954 Monthly Information Bull. (Caribbean Comm.) Apr. 220/2 For every hundred East Indians in the Colony, there are five ‘duglas’, the Hindi word used to describe the offspring of Indian-Creole unions. 1960 A. Niehoff & J. Niehoff East Indians in W. Indies vi. 66 This Negro got an Indian woman to live with him and went around boasting how many doglas he was going to produce. 1985 J. Carew in New Eng. Rev. Summer 617 ‘Buddy is a douglah like you, Ti-Zek,’ Ram mumbled. ‘Whatever kind of blood he got in him is bad blood, an' it mix with poison.’ 1999 S. Ryan Jhandi & Cross 292 Some..believe that..douglas..will rise up from their 'cultural wilderness' in the next millennium and dictate the balance of power in the country. 2017 @__alexissxoxo 8 Apr. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Proud to be a dougla cause I'm mixed with the best of both worlds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1906
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