Standard Lemma guide

Doha

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈdəʊ.hɑː/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈdoʊ.hɑː/
  • US: /ˈdoʊ.ə/
  • rhymes with -əʊhɑː
  • CMU ARPABET: D OW1 HH AA2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

The capital and largest city of Qatar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A form of self-contained rhyming couplet in Hindi poetry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the capital and chief port of Qatar

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Bida, El Beda, capital of Qatar

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: port, national capital

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الدَّوْحَة (ad-dawḥa).

From Hindi दोहा (dohā).

Across languages

Translations

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Doha — capital of Qatar
  • Albanian: Doha — capital of Qatar
  • Amharic: ዶሃ (doha) — capital of Qatar
  • Arabic: الدَّوْحَة (ad-dawḥa) — capital of Qatar
  • Arabic: الدوحة (ad-dōḥa) — capital of Qatar
  • Armenian: Դոհա (Doha) — capital of Qatar
  • Asturian: Doḥa — capital of Qatar
  • Azerbaijani: Doha — capital of Qatar
  • Bashkir: Доһа (Doha) — capital of Qatar
  • Belarusian: До́ха (Dóxa) — capital of Qatar
  • Bengali: দোহা (dōha) — capital of Qatar
  • Bulgarian: До́ха (Dóha) — capital of Qatar
  • Burmese: ဒိုဟာမြို့ (duihamrui.) — capital of Qatar
  • Chinese Cantonese: 多哈 (do1 haa1) — capital of Qatar
  • Chinese Mandarin: 多哈 (Duōhā) — capital of Qatar
  • Czech: Dauhá — capital of Qatar
  • Danish: Doha — capital of Qatar
  • Dutch: Doha — capital of Qatar
  • Esperanto: Daŭho — capital of Qatar
  • Esperanto: Dohao — capital of Qatar
  • Esperanto: Doho — capital of Qatar
  • Estonian: Doha — capital of Qatar
  • Estonian: Ad-Dawḩah — capital of Qatar
  • Finnish: Doha — capital of Qatar
  • French: Doha — capital of Qatar
  • Georgian: დოჰა (doha) — capital of Qatar
  • German: Doha — capital of Qatar
  • Greek: Ντόχα (Ntócha) — capital of Qatar
  • Hebrew: דּוֹחַה (dokha) — capital of Qatar
  • Hindi: दोहा (dohā) — capital of Qatar
  • Hungarian: Doha — capital of Qatar
  • Icelandic: Doha — capital of Qatar
  • Indonesian: Doha — capital of Qatar
  • Irish: Doha — capital of Qatar
  • Italian: Doha — capital of Qatar
  • Japanese: ドーハ (Dōha) — capital of Qatar
  • Kazakh: Доха (Doxa) — capital of Qatar
  • Khmer: ដូហា (douhaa) — capital of Qatar
  • Korean: 도하 (Doha) — capital of Qatar
  • Northern Kurdish: Doha — capital of Qatar
  • Kyrgyz: Доха (Doha) — capital of Qatar
  • Lao: ໂດຮາ (dō hā) — capital of Qatar
  • Latvian: Doha — capital of Qatar
  • Lithuanian: Doha — capital of Qatar
  • Macedonian: Доха (Doha) — capital of Qatar
  • Malay: Doha — capital of Qatar
  • Mongolian: Доха (Doxa) — capital of Qatar
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Doha — capital of Qatar
  • Pashto: دوحه (dawha) — capital of Qatar
  • Persian: دوحه (dowhe) — capital of Qatar
  • Polish: Dauha — capital of Qatar
  • Polish: Ad-Dauha — capital of Qatar
  • Polish: Doha — capital of Qatar
  • Portuguese: Doa — capital of Qatar
  • Romanian: Doha — capital of Qatar
  • Russian: До́ха (Dóxa) — capital of Qatar
  • Serbo-Croatian: Доха — capital of Qatar
  • Serbo-Croatian: Doha — capital of Qatar
  • Slovak: Dauha — capital of Qatar
  • Slovene: Doha — capital of Qatar
  • Spanish: Doha — capital of Qatar
  • Swedish: Doha — capital of Qatar
  • Tajik: Дуҳа (Duha) — capital of Qatar
  • Tajik: Доҳа (Doha) — capital of Qatar
  • Tamil: தோகா (tōkā) — capital of Qatar
  • Tatar: Доха (Doxa) — capital of Qatar
  • Thai: โดฮา (doo-haa) — capital of Qatar
  • Tibetan: དྷོ་ཧ (dho ha) — capital of Qatar
  • Turkish: Doha — capital of Qatar
  • Turkmen: Doha — capital of Qatar
  • Ukrainian: До́ха (Dóxa) — capital of Qatar
  • Urdu: دوحہ (dohā) — capital of Qatar
  • Uyghur: دوھا (doha) — capital of Qatar
  • Uzbek: Doʻha — capital of Qatar
  • Uzbek: Doha — capital of Qatar
  • Vietnamese: Đô-ha — capital of Qatar
  • Yiddish: דאָכאַ (dokha) — capital of Qatar