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