English Explanatory Dictionary

dubash

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

dubash dubashes debash dobash

Etymology

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

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