దొర

Telugu

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Kannada ದೊರೆ (dore).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪oɾa/

Noun

దొర • (dora) m (plural దొరలు)

1. A chief, baron, lord, master, owner, ruler, king, or governor.

   Synonyms: రేడు (rēḍu), రాజు (rāju), స్వామి (svāmi)

2. (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