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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit द्वार (dvāra). Doublet of बार (bār) and दर (dar).

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /d̪ʋɑːɾ/, [d̪wäːɾ]

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द्वार (dvārm (Urdu spelling دوار)

  1. door
    Synonym: दरवाज़ा (darvāzā)
    वह एक गुप्त द्वार से निकल गया।
    vah ek gupt dvār se nikal gayā.
    He escaped from a secret door.
  2. gate, opening; any means of entrance
    Synonym: फाटक (phāṭak)
    यह दर्रा भारत का द्वार है।
    yah darrā bhārat kā dvār hai.
    This pass is a gateway to India.
  3. way, means
    धन कमाने का एक ही द्वार है।
    dhan kamāne kā ek hī dvār hai.
    There is only one way to earn money.

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Noun

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द्वार n

  1. Devanagari script form of dvāra

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dwā́ram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰwā́ram (compare Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬨 (duuarəm), Old Persian 𐎯𐎺𐎼𐎹𐎠 (duvar-, door, gate)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰworom (enclosure, courtyard, i.e. something enclosed by the door), accusative of *dʰwer-. 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).

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द्वार (dvā́ra) stemn

  1. door, gate, passage, entrance
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.10.6:
      अप॒ द्वारा॑ मती॒नां प्र॒त्ना ऋ॑ण्वन्ति का॒रव॑:।
      वृष्णो॒ हर॑स आ॒यव॑:॥
      ápa dvā́rā matīnā́ṃ pratnā́ ṛṇvanti kārávaḥ.
      vṛ́ṣṇo hárasa āyávaḥ.
      The singing-men ancient time open the doors of sacred songs, men, for the mighty to accept.
  2. opening, aperture (especially of the human body; compare नवद्वार (náva-dvāra))
  3. a way, means, medium (the māheśvaras hold that there are 6 dvāras or means of obtaining religious ecstasy - Sarvad.)
    द्वारेणdvāreṇaby means of, with regard or according to

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Neuter a-stem declension of द्वार (dvā́ra)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative द्वारम्
dvā́ram
द्वारे
dvā́re
द्वाराणि / द्वारा¹
dvā́rāṇi / dvā́rā¹
Vocative द्वार
dvā́ra
द्वारे
dvā́re
द्वाराणि / द्वारा¹
dvā́rāṇi / dvā́rā¹
Accusative द्वारम्
dvā́ram
द्वारे
dvā́re
द्वाराणि / द्वारा¹
dvā́rāṇi / dvā́rā¹
Instrumental द्वारेण
dvā́reṇa
द्वाराभ्याम्
dvā́rābhyām
द्वारैः / द्वारेभिः¹
dvā́raiḥ / dvā́rebhiḥ¹
Dative द्वाराय
dvā́rāya
द्वाराभ्याम्
dvā́rābhyām
द्वारेभ्यः
dvā́rebhyaḥ
Ablative द्वारात्
dvā́rāt
द्वाराभ्याम्
dvā́rābhyām
द्वारेभ्यः
dvā́rebhyaḥ
Genitive द्वारस्य
dvā́rasya
द्वारयोः
dvā́rayoḥ
द्वाराणाम्
dvā́rāṇām
Locative द्वारे
dvā́re
द्वारयोः
dvā́rayoḥ
द्वारेषु
dvā́reṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

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