dak
/dɑːk/noun
उच्चारण डाक
डाक
Core word
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[U] Indian English
the postal system, or letters and parcels sent by post, in India in the past
डाक
- The dak arrives at the village office every morning.
- Letters were once carried by dak runners on foot.
- The dak arrived late because of the heavy rain.
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- He sorted the dak at the post office every morning.
- A dak runner crossed the hills with a bag of letters.
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[U] historical
a system of relays of runners or horses that carried letters and travellers in the past
डाक (पुरानी डाक-व्यवस्था)
- Travellers used to change horses at each dak stage.
- The dak bungalow gave shelter to officials on journeys.
- The dak system once connected distant towns of the empire.
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- Dak runners ran from post to post to carry the mail.
- An official travelling by dak changed horses at each stage.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
dak (uncountable) + noun
Dak names the postal system or the mail itself and is uncountable; it often forms compounds with words such as bungalow, runner and post.
Dak डाक-प्रणाली या स्वयं डाक का नाम है और uncountable है; यह bungalow, runner और post जैसे शब्दों से मिलकर compound बनाता है।
- The dak arrived late because of the floods.
- Travellers stayed overnight at the dak bungalow.
send by dak / by the dak
In older Indian English, by dak meant by post; today the usual word is post.
पुराने भारतीय English में 'by dak' का अर्थ डाक द्वारा था; आज सामान्य शब्द 'post' है।
- Letters were sent by dak across the country in the nineteenth century.
- Today the same letter would be sent by post or speed post.
dak runner / dak horse
In the past, dak meant a relay system of runners or horses; dak runner names one of the men who carried the mail.
पूर्व काल में dak का अर्थ धावकों या घोड़ों की रिले व्यवस्था था; dak runner डाक ले जाने वाले उन व्यक्तियों में से एक है।
- The dak runner covered ten miles before handing the bag to the next man.
dak in history and Indian English
Dak is an Urdu-Hindi word taken into English in British India; today it is mainly found in history books and in the names of old buildings.
Dak उर्दू-हिंदी का शब्द है जो ब्रिटिश भारत में English में आया; आज यह मुख्यतः इतिहास की पुस्तकों और पुरानी इमारतों के नामों में मिलता है।
- The history chapter explains how the dak helped the British rule India.
+Collocations 5
dak + noun
bungalowrunnerpostticketstamp
- The dak bungalow was built beside the old road.
verb + dak
carrydeliverreceivecollectsort
- The postman collects the dak every morning.
adjective + dak
olddailymorningofficialforeign
- The morning dak brought a letter from my cousin.
dak + from / to
from Calcuttato the capitalfrom the hillsto the villages
- The dak from the hills reached us after a week.
dak + system words
servicesystemdepartmentrouterelay
- The dak service connected distant towns before the railways.
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- In British India, the dak system carried letters by runners and horses.
ब्रिटिश भारत में डाक व्यवस्था पत्रों को धावकों और घोड़ों द्वारा पहुँचाती थी।
- Radhika's grandfather still calls the postman's bag 'the dak'.
राधिका के दादाजी आज भी डाकिए के थैले को 'dak' कहते हैं।
- The officer rested at a dak bungalow on the way to the hill station.
अधिकारी पर्वतीय स्थल के रास्ते में एक dak bungalow में ठहरा।
- In the old days, news travelled only as fast as the dak could carry it.
पुराने दिनों में समाचार उतनी ही तेज़ पहुँचता था जितनी तेज़ डाक उसे ले जा सकती थी।
- The village school received the dak twice a week.
गाँव के विद्यालय में सप्ताह में दो बार डाक आती थी।
- The Postal Department was once known as the Dak Vibhag.
डाक विभाग को कभी Dak Vibhag के नाम से जाना जाता था।
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Notes
Usage: dak is common in compounds such as dak bungalow and dak runner.
Usage: dak, dak bungalow और dak runner जैसे compound शब्दों में आम तौर पर आता है।