nullah
/ˈnʌlə
/(also nala /ˈnɑːlə/)
noun Indian
A watercourse, riverbed, or ravine.Temporary bunds on nullahs, rivulets or small rivers erected by using empty cement bags, popularly known as Vanarai Bunds, have proved most effective....
- The threat of flash floods loomed large over the people living along the Sutlej river with the formation of a huge lake in Tibet, upstream Lapcha in the Parchu nullah, a tributary of the Spiti rivers.
- Two persons were killed when the truck they were travelling in rolled down into a nullah near Nakro last night.
Origin
Late 18th century: from Hindi nālā.
Rhymes
- state-registered
- State Registered Nurse
- state rights
- stateroom
- state-run
- state's attorney
- state scholarship
- state school
- state secret
- state secretary
- state sector
- state senate
- state senator
- state servant
- state's evidence
- statesfolk
- States General
- stateship
- stateside
- statesman
- statesmancraft
- statesmanlike
- statesmanly
- statesmanship
- state socialism