దొర

Telugu

Etymology

Cognate with Kannada ದೊರೆ (dore). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪oɾa/

Noun

దొర • (dora) m (plural దొరలు)

1. a chief, baron, lord, master, owner

   Synonyms: ఱేడు (ṟēḍu), రాయడు (rāyaḍu), స్వామి (svāmi), భర్త (bharta)

2. a ruler, king, or governor

   Synonyms: ఱేడు (ṟēḍu), ఏలిక (ēlika), రాయడు (rāyaḍu), రాజు (rāju)

3. (particularly Telangana) a landlord, especially a feudal one

Coordinate terms

• దొరసాని (dorasāni)

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