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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit.

Noun

दूरदर्शन • (dūrdarśan) m

1. farsightedness
2. ability to see far

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Sanskrit

Noun

दूरदर्शन • (dūradarśana) stem, m

1. 'far-seeing’, a vulture.

Noun

दूरदर्शन • (dūradarśana) stem, n

1. longsightedness
2. foresight

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दूरदर्शन”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0489.