దరఖాస్తు

Telugu

Alternative forms

• దర్ఖాస్తు (darkhāstu)

Etymology

Borrowed from Deccani درخواست (darxāst), from Hindustani दरख़ास्त / درخواست (darxāst), from Classical Persian درخواست (darxʷāst).

Noun

దరఖాస్తు • (darakhāstu) ? (plural దరఖాస్తులు)

1. application
2. proposition, proposal
3. tender

References

• Bhadriraju Krishnamurti (2003) “Neologisms - Language of news media”, in The Dravidian Languages, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 481
• "దరఖాస్తు" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 581
• దరఖాస్తు at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)