దొర
Telugu
Etymology
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Noun
దొర • (dora) m (plural దొరలు)
- A chief, baron, lord, master, owner, ruler, king, or governor.
- Synonyms: రేడు (rēḍu), రాజు (rāju), స్వామి (svāmi)
- (particularly Telangana) A landlord, especially a feudal one.
References
- "దొర" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 611
- దొర at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)
- “దొర”, in ప్రాంతీయ మాండలిక పదకోశం [Regional Dialectical Dictionary] (in Telugu), Hyderabad: Telugu Academy, 2004