NULLAH (

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

Hindostani for an

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• 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

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• 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

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• WATER

water-course)  , a steep narrow valley . Like the wadi of the Arabs, the nullah is characteristic of mountainous or hilly country where there is little rainfall . In the drier parts of India, and in many parts of Australia there are small steep-sided valleys penetrating the hills, clothed with rough brushwood or small trees growing in the stony soil . During occasional heavy rains torrents rush down the nullahs and quickly disappear . There is little local' action upon the sides, while the bed is lowered, and consequently these valleys are narrow and steep .