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dasturi

noun

  1. A commission or duty charged by an agent; a kickback.

    In all dealings between natives there is invariably a species of extortion, a sort of dustoory, which is given in all money transactions.

Where it comes from

From Hindustani دستوری / दस्तूरी (dastūrī), from Classical Persian دستوری (dasturi).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry dasturi (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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