دروازہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دروازه (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. (loosely) gate
3. (loosely) porch; entrance
4. (figuratively) path, way

Declension

Declension of دروازہ
	singular	plural
direct	دَرْوَازہ (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, 2024.