tappaul

== English == === Alternative forms === tappal, tappall === Etymology === Borrowed from Urdu ٹَپّال (ṭappāl) (Deccani), from Telugu టపాలు (ṭapālu). === Noun === tappaul (plural tappauls) (India, historical) Synonym of dak (“post system by means of relays of horses carrying mail and passengers”). ==== References ==== Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “tappaul”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].