nullah

English

Borrowed from Bengali নালা (nala), Hindi नाला (nālā), from Sanskrit नाडी (nāḍī).

nullah (plural nullahs)

(chiefly South Asia) A stream-bed, ravine, or other watercourse; a drain for rain or floodwater. [from 17th c.]
- 1849, Brigadier Lockwood, Report of 2nd Cavalry Division at Battle of Goojerat
  About this time a large gole of horsemen came on towards me, and I proposed to charge; but as they turned at once from the fire of the guns, and as there was a nullah in front, I refrained from advancing after them.
- 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin 2005, p. 82:
  It was just after the exit from a bridge; the animal had probably come up out of the nullah.
(Hong Kong) An open-air, concrete-lined channel for draining rain or wastewater.

单词	nullah
释义	nullah English Alternative forms (South Asia only) nala, nalla, nallah, nulla Etymology Borrowed from Bengali নালা (nala), Hindi नाला (nālā), from Sanskrit नाडी (nāḍī). Noun nullah (plural nullahs) (chiefly South Asia) A stream-bed, ravine, or other watercourse; a drain for rain or floodwater. [from 17th c.] 1849, Brigadier Lockwood, Report of 2nd Cavalry Division at Battle of Goojerat About this time a large gole of horsemen came on towards me, and I proposed to charge; but as they turned at once from the fire of the guns, and as there was a nullah in front, I refrained from advancing after them. 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin 2005, p. 82: It was just after the exit from a bridge; the animal had probably come up out of the nullah. (Hong Kong) An open-air, concrete-lined channel for draining rain or wastewater. Further reading nullah on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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