darwaza bund

English

Etymology

From Hindustani دروازہ / दरवाज़ा (darvāzā) + بند / बंद (band)

Phrase

darwaza bund

1. (India, archaic) Not at home; currently unwilling to receive visitors into one's house.

Alternative forms

• darwaza band, durwaza bund

References

• Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell (1903) Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases