ڈاك

डाक ḍāk[prob. fr. S. िाक्'quickly,' or v.n. of ḍāknā, q.v.], s.f. Post (for conveyance of letters), the mail; disposition or relay of horses, or runners, or pālkī-bearers along a road (for conveyance of the post or travellers); travelling by post; a post-office:—ḍāk biṭhānā(-kī) = ḍāk lagānā, q.v.:—ḍāk-bahangī, s.f. Parcel-post:—ḍāk-piyāda, s.m.=ḍāk-wālā, q.v.:—ḍāk-ćaukī, s.f. A post station, a station or stage at which a relay (of horses, or runners, etc.) is posted (for conveyance of the mail, or travellers):—ḍāk-ḵẖāna, s.m. Post-office:—ḍāk-kā ḵẖarć, s.m. Expenses incurred in travelling by post; postal charges; postage:—ḍāk-kāghoṛā, s.m. A horse used for a ḍākor relay; (fig.) a worn-out horse;—a fast walker:—ḍāk-gāṛī, s.f. Mail-cart; mail-train; a carriage used in travelling by ḍāk:—ḍāk-ghar, s.m. Post-office:—ḍāk lagānā(-kī), To post relays (of horses, or runners, or pālkī-bearers):—ḍāk lagnā, v.n. A post to be organized; a ḍākor relay (of horses, etc.) to be laid:—ḍāk-maḥśūl, s.m. Postal charges, postage:—ḍāk-meṅ ćiṭṭhīḍālnāor lagānā, To post a letter:—ḍāk-wālā, s.m. Postman; letter carrier, runner:—ḍāk-o-ḍāk, adv. In the manner of the post, postingly, post-haste, without stopping on the way.