Talk:दूरभाष

It's gotta be a calque (from English? from French?). Also, is it formal while फ़ोन (fon) would be colloquial? --Barytonesis (talk) 23:21, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

@Barytonesis: Always from English. French had about 0 influence on Hindi, since French colonization of India was restricted to southeastern India (and a factory in Bengal AFAIK) and then to just the town of Puducherry. —Aryaman^{A (मुझसे बात करें • योगदान)} 00:35, 18 November 2017 (UTC)