دروازہ

Punjabi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-

Old Persian 𐎯𐎺𐎼𐎹𐎠 (du-v-r-y-a)

Middle Persian 𐭡𐭡𐭠 (bbʾ)

Persian دَر?

Middle Persian 𐫀𐫁𐫀𐫝 (ʾbʾc)

Persian وَاز?

Classical Persian دَرْوَازَه (darwāza)bor.

Punjabi دَرْوَازَہ (darvāzah)

Borrowed from Classical Persian دَرْوَازَه (darwāza).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /d̪əɾ.ʋäː.zäː/, [d̪ɐɾᵊ.ʋäː.zäː]
• Hyphenation: دَر‧وا‧زَہ

Noun

دَرْوَازَہ • (darvāzah) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਦਰਵਾਜ਼ਾ)

1. Synonym of بُوہا (būhā, “door”)
2. (by extension) gate
3. (by extension) porch; entrance
4. (by extension) archway
5. (figuratively) path, way

Declension

Declension of دروازہ

	singular	plural
direct	دَرْوَازَہ (darvāzah)	دَرْوَازے (darvāze)
oblique	دَرْوَازے (darvāze)	دَرْوَازیاں (darvāzeyāṉ)
vocative	دَرْوَازیا (darvāzeyā)	دَرْوَازیوْ (darvāzeyo)
ablative	دَرْوَازیوْں (darvāzeyoṉ)	–
locative	دَرْوَازے (darvāze)	دَرْوَازِیْں (darvāzīṉ)
instrumental	دَرْوَازے (darvāze)	دَرْوَازِیْں (darvāzīṉ)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “دروازہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “دروازہ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਦਰਵਾਜ਼ਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-

Old Persian 𐎯𐎺𐎼𐎹𐎠 (du-v-r-y-a)

Middle Persian 𐭡𐭡𐭠 (bbʾ)

Persian دَر?

Middle Persian 𐫀𐫁𐫀𐫝 (ʾbʾc)

Persian وَاز?

Classical Persian دَرْوَازَه (darwāza)bor.

Urdu دَرْوَازَہ (darvāza)

Borrowed from Classical Persian دَرْوَازَه (darwāza). Doublet of دَر (dar) and دْوَار (dvār).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪əɾ.ʋɑː.zɑ(ː)/
• (Overseas) IPA^(key): /d̪ɪɾ.ʋɑː.zɑ(ː)/

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• Hyphenation: دَر‧وا‧زَہ

Noun

دَرْوَازَہ • (darvāza) m (Hindi spelling दरवाज़ा)

1. door
2. (by extension) gate
3. (by extension) porch; entrance
4. (figuratively) path, way

Declension

Declension of دروازہ

	singular	plural
direct	دَرْوَازَہ (darvāzah)	دَرْوَازے (darvāze)
oblique	دَرْوَازے (darvāze)	دَرْوَازوں (darvāzõ)
vocative	دَرْوَازے (darvāze)	دَرْوَازو (darvāzo)

Descendants

• → Gulf Arabic: دِرْوَازَة (dirwāza)

Further reading

• “دروازہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “دروازہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.