ధర్మకర్త

Telugu

Etymology

From Sanskrit धर्म (dhárma, “morality, virtue, moral code, good deed, good works; that which is established or firm, steadfast decree, statute, ordinance, law”) + Telugu కర్త (karta, “maker, author, doer”).

Noun

ధర్మకర్త • (dharmakarta) ? (plural ధర్మకర్తలు)

1. A judge or arbitrator.
2. A church warden, trustee or manager of a temple.
3. The executor to an estate.

References

• "ధర్మము" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 621