daloyet
English
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editEtymology
editBorrowed from Hindi ढलैत (ḍhalait), from Hindi ढल (ḍhal, “a shield”).
Noun
editdaloyet (plural daloyets)
- (India, historical) An armed attendant and messenger.
References
edit- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “daloyet”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].