dokha means A former village in Ganden, Mêdog, Nyingchi, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
From Arabic دَوْخَة (dawḵa, “dizziness”), in reference to the effects of its high nicotine content.
name
- A former village in Ganden, Mêdog, Nyingchi, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.“A documentary aired by the state broadcaster, CCTV, showed how a Chinese official went to Dokha, a village in Tibet, to persuade residents to move to a new village called Duolonggang, 10 miles from Arunachal Pradesh. / He encountered some resistance. Tenzin, a lay Buddhist practitioner, insisted that Dokha’s land was fertile, producing oranges and other fruit. “We can feed ourselves without govern”
noun
- A form of uncured, minimally processed tobacco from the Middle East.