Dogran.adj.
/ˈdəʊɡrə/, U.S. /ˈdoʊɡrə/α. 1800s Dogur.
β. 1800s– Dogra, 1800s– Dugra.
A. n.
A member of a chiefly Hindu people predominating in the Jammu district of the north-west Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir; these people collectively. Also: the language of this people; = Dogri n. (rare).
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Mewati1788
Khasi1789
Kol1795
Yusufzai1815
Bhil1823
Meo1832
Dogra1834
Mundari1872
Shin1875
1834 A. Burnes Trav. Bokhara I. i. 4 The habits of the people are predatory... They are known under the various denominations of Dogur, Julmanieo, and Salairee.
1839 Times 2 Feb. 3/4 The population is chiefly Seik, but mixed with many others, known by the designation of Dogur, Julmanieo, and Salairee.
1870 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 15 13 The atrocities practised by the Dogras are a disgrace to a feudatory of the British crown.
1888 R. Kipling In Black & White (1889) 91 Sikhs, Pathans, Dogras—they're all alike.
1926 Blackwood's Mag. Nov. 593/1 Dogras being high-caste Hindus are very particular.
1948 D. Diringer Alphabet vi. 373 Dogra or Dogri, a dialect of Punjabi, spoken by one and a half million people in the Jammu State and its neighbourhood.
1983 J. Masters Man of War x. 125 The Dogras began a thorough search for hidden or buried weapons.
2001 C. Coker Humane Warfare vi. 119 The Indian Army..still recruits from the same 20 per cent of the population, the Rajputs, Sikhs, Dogras, Maharattas and the people of the North West Himalayan Frontier.
B. adj.
Of or relating to the Dogras or their language.
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Gentoo1672
Maratha1742
Mewati1832
Toda1834
Naga1835
Sindhi1836
Yusufzai1838
Ahom1848
Dogra1849
Lushai1862
Meo1880
Rai1899
Moplah1910
1849 J. D. Cunningham Hist. of Sikhs 283 An Akalee fanatic could take the life of the ‘Dogra’ Raja with applause and impunity.
1870 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 15 13 The unhappy results of the incessant feuds waged between the mountaineers (who are to a man Mahomedans) and the Dogra troops of the Kashmir Rajah.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 59/1 It [sc. Ladakh] was, however, conquered and annexed in 1834–1841 by Gulab Singh of Jammu—the unwarlike Ladakhis..being no match for the Dogra troops.
1916 Ling. Surv. India 9 637 The Ḍogrā or Ḍogrī dialect of Pañjābī takes its name from Ḍogar or Ḍugar, the hills of the submontane portion of the Jammu state... The ancient name of the country appears to be from Durgara.
1957 Encycl. Brit. VII. 503/1 The original home of the Dogra people was situated between the lakes of Siroensar and Mansar.
1965 E. Bhaynani Dance in India xiv. 183 A similar type of Bhangra is danced by men of the Dogra (warrior) community of Jammu.
2005 J. G. Marshall Brit. & Tibet 1765–1947 151 The British were alarmed at the Dogra successes in Tibet which had resulted in their possession of territory up to Lakes Manasarovar and Rakas Tal.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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