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dosha

noun

dosha is spelled D-O-S-H-A: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, dosha means “Any of the three regulatory principles of Ayurveda” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of dosha is doshas.

How many letters and syllables are in dosha?

Letters5: D-O-S-H-A
In writingabout once in every 30 million words; the 165,739th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is dosha?

Dosha appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Forms of dosha

  • doshas plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does dosha mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    Any of the three regulatory principles of Ayurveda.

  2. 2

    Alternative spelling of dosa (“type of pancake”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does dosha come from?

From Sanskrit दोष (doṣa).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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