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• NULLAH (Hindostani for an arm of the sea, stream or water-course)

NULLAH (See also:

• HINDOSTANI
• HINDOSTANI (properly Hindustani, of or belonging to Hindostan')

Hindostani for an See also:

• ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm of the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, stream or See also:

• WATER

water-course)  , a steep narrow valley . Like the See also:

• WADI

wadi of the See also:

• ARABS

Arabs, the See also:

• NULLAH (Hindostani for an arm of the sea, stream or water-course)

nullah is characteristic of mountainous or hilly See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country where there is little rainfall . In the drier parts of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, and in many parts of See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia there are small steep-sided valleys penetrating the hills, clothed with rough brushwood or small trees growing in the stony See also:

• SOIL

soil . During occasional heavy rains torrents See also:

• RUSH
• RUSH, BENJAMIN (1745–1813)
• RUSH, RICHARD (1780–1859)

rush down the nullahs and quickly disappear . There is little See also:

• LOCAL

local' See also:

• ACTION

action upon the sides, while the See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed is lowered, and consequently these valleys are narrow and steep .