द्वार

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit द्वार (dvā́ra), from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰworom (“enclosure, courtyard, i.e. something enclosed by the door”) < *dʰwor-, cf. *dʰwer-.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /d̪ʋaːr/

Noun

द्वार • (dvār) m, Urdu spelling دوار

1. door

   वह एक गुप्त द्वार से निकल गया।

   He escaped from a secret door.

2. gate, opening; any means of entrance

   यह दर्रा भारत का द्वार है।

   This pass is a gateway to India.

3. way, means

   धन कमाने का एक ही द्वार है।

   There is only one way to earn money.

Declension

declension of द्वार

	singular		plural
direct	द्वार (dvār)		द्वार (dvār)
indirect	द्वार (dvār)		द्वारों (dvārõ)
vocative	द्वार (dvār)		द्वारो (dvāro)

Synonyms

• (door): दरवाज़ा (dar-vāzā)
• (gate): फाटक (phāṭak)

References

• द्वार in Bahri, Hardev (1989), Learners' Hindi-English dictionary (Delhi: Rajpal & Sons)
• Platts, John T. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English Oxford. 1884.

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Avestan dvarǝm, Old Persian 𐎯𐎺𐎼𐎹𐎠 (duvar-, “door, gate”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰworom (“enclosure, courtyard, i.e. something enclosed by the door”), accusative of *dʰwor-. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic дворъ (dvorŭ, “court, courtyard”), Latin forum (“forum, market-place”) and Lithuanian dvãras (“estate”). This Proto-Indo-European neuter is a derivation of the basic feminine root noun *dʰwer-, *dʰwor- (“door, gate”) that also gave Sanskrit द्वार् (dvā́r).

Noun

द्वार (dvā́ra) n

1. door, gate, passage, entrance (ŚBr., ĀśvGṛ., Mn., MBh. etc.)
2. opening, aperture (especially of the human body compare नवद्वार (náva-dvāra), Up., Suśr. etc.)
3. a way, means, medium (MBh., Kāv., Pañc. etc; the māheśvaras hold that there are 6 dvāras or means of obtaining religious ecstasy - Sarvad.)

   द्वारेण (dvāreṇa) — by means of, with regard or according to

4. name of a Gandharva (R.)

Declension

    Neuter a-stem declension of द्वार

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	द्वारम् (dvāram)	द्वारे (dvāre)	द्वाराणि (dvārāṇi)
Vocative	द्वार (dvāra)	द्वारे (dvāre)	द्वाराणि (dvārāṇi)
Accusative	द्वारम् (dvāram)	द्वारे (dvāre)	द्वाराणि (dvārāṇi)
Instrumental	द्वारेण (dvāreṇa)	द्वाराभ्याम् (dvārābhyām)	द्वारैः (dvāraiḥ)
Dative	द्वाराय (dvārāya)	द्वाराभ्याम् (dvārābhyām)	द्वारेभ्यः (dvārebhyaḥ)
Ablative	द्वारात् (dvārāt)	द्वाराभ्याम् (dvārābhyām)	द्वारेभ्यः (dvārebhyaḥ)
Genitive	द्वारस्य (dvārasya)	द्वारयोः (dvārayoḥ)	द्वाराणाम् (dvārāṇām)
Locative	द्वारे (dvāre)	द्वारयोः (dvārayoḥ)	द्वारेषु (dvāreṣu)

Descendants

• Bengali: দ্বার (dbara)
• Gujarati: દ્વાર (dvār)
• Hindi: द्वार (dvār)
• Marathi: दार (dār)
• Telugu: ద్వారము (dvāramu)
• Thai: ทวาร (tha wān)
• Urdu: دوار (dvār)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 0504