Talk:दूरभाष

It's gotta be a calque (from English? from French?). Also, is it formal while would be colloquial? --Barytonesis (talk) 23:21, 17 November 2017 (UTC)
 * 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 . —AryamanA (मुझसे बात करें • योगदान) 00:35, 18 November 2017 (UTC)