దొరసాని

Telugu

Etymology

From దొర (dora) +‎ సాని (sāni). For use as a term for white women, compare memsahib in English.

Noun

దొరసాని • (dorasāni) ? (plural దొరసానులు)

  1. a lady or queen
  2. a white European woman

Synonyms

References

"దొర" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 611

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