दूरदर्शन

Hindi

Etymology 1

From दूर (dūr, “far”) +‎ दर्शन (darśan, “vision, sight”). Calque of English television.

Noun

दूरदर्शन • (dūr-darśan) m

  1. television

Proper noun

दूरदर्शन • (dūrdarśan) m

  1. Doordarshan, the first television network of India.

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit.

Noun

दूरदर्शन • (dūrdarśan) m

  1. farsightedness
  2. ability to see far

Sanskrit

Noun

दूरदर्शन • (dūradarśana) m

  1. 'far-seeing’, a vulture.

Noun

दूरदर्शन • (dūradarśana) n

  1. longsightedness
  2. foresight

References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0489
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