a system of mail delivery or passenger transport by relays of bearers or horses stationed at intervals along a route
b.
(as modifier)
dak bearers
Word origin
C18: from Hindi dāk, from Sanskrit drāk quickly
Dak. in British English
abbreviation for
Dakota
Dakota in British English
(dəˈkəʊtə)
noun
a former territory of the US: divided into the states of North Dakota and South Dakota in 1889
dak in American English
(dɔk, dɑːk)
noun
1.
transportation by relays of people or horses, esp. in the East Indies
2.
mail delivered by such transportation
Also: dauk, dawk
Word origin
[1820–30; ‹ Hindi ḍāk]This word is first recorded in the period 1820–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: acetate, boomerang, exogenous, insider, karma