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ABIHÓWA


Properly P. āb-o-hawā , 'water and air.' The usual Hindustani expression for 'climate.'

Historical Citations (1)

  1. "What you write concerning the death of 500 Koorgs from small-pox is understood ... they must be kept where the climate [āb-o-hawā] may best agree with them."—Tippoo's Letters, 269.

From Hobson-Jobson by Yule & Burnell, 1886.