دور گو

Urdu

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Persian دور (dūr, “far”) + گفتن (guftan, “to speak”). Calque of English telephone. Compare دوربھاش (dūrbhāṣ) (from Sanskrit दूर (dūra) + भाष (bhāṣa)) and ٹیلی فون (ṭelī fon) (from English telephone).

Noun

دور گو • (dūr-go) ?

  1. (rare, neologism) telephone
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