दफ़्तर
Hindi edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian دفتر (daftar), from Arabic دَفْتَر (daftar) or Middle Persian dptl (daftar), from Aramaic דפתרא / ܕܦܬܪܐ, from Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra). Compare Bengali দফতর (dophtor), Punjabi ਦਫ਼ਤਰ (daftar).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
दफ़्तर • (daftar) m (Urdu spelling دفتر)
Declension edit
Declension of दफ़्तर (masc cons-stem)
Synonyms edit
- कार्यालय (kāryālay)
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दफ़्तर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 476