دروازہ

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. (loosely) gate
3. (loosely) 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, 2024.