dasturi
dasturi noun: a commission or duty charged by an agent; a kickback.
Noun
dasturi (plural dasturis)
- A commission or duty charged by an agent; a kickback.
- In all dealings between natives there is invariably a species of extortion, a sort of dustoory, which is given in all money transactions.1832 February, Langford Kennedy, Minutes of Evidence Taken Before the Select Committee on the Affairs of the East India Company, volume III,25
- By dint of much pleading and cajolery they persuaded the old zemindar to add their money to the sums that he annually deposited with Mr Burnham: for this privilege they were content to pay the Halder estate a ten-percent dasturi on the profits […].2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 85
Forms of dasturi
| plural | dasturis |
|---|---|
| alternative form | dustoor |
| alternative form | dustoore |
| alternative form | dustooree |
| alternative form | dustoorie |
| alternative form | dustoory |
| alternative form | dustore |
| alternative form | dustury |
Origin of dasturi
From Hindustani دستوری / दस्तूरी (dastūrī), from Classical Persian دستوری (dasturi).
Questions about dasturi
- What does dasturi mean?
- Dasturi means a commission or duty charged by an agent; a kickback.
- What part of speech is dasturi?
- Dasturi is a noun.
- What is the plural of dasturi?
- The plural of dasturi is dasturis.
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