Dekkan

English

Proper noun

Dekkan or the Dekkan

1. Alternative spelling of Deccan
   • 1895, Rudyard Kipling, Red Dog:

     Mowgli's wanderings had taken him to the edge of the high grassy downs of the Dekkan, and he had seen the fearless dholes sleeping and playing and scratching themselves in the little hollows and tussocks that they use for lairs.

French

Alternative forms

• Deccan

Etymology

Borrowed from English Deccan, Dekkan, from Hindustani दक्खिन / دکھن (dakkhin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛ.kɑ̃/ ~ /de.kɑ̃/

Proper noun

Dekkan m

1. Deccan (A region of central and southern India comprising the Deccan Plateau and surrounding areas.)

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani दक्खिन / دکھن (dakkhin), probably via English Deccan.

Proper noun

Dekkan m (proper noun, strong, genitive Dekkans)

1. Deccan (A region of central and southern India comprising the Deccan Plateau and surrounding areas.)

Derived terms

• Hochland von Dekkan