किवाड़

Hindi

Alternative forms

• किवाड़ा (kivāṛā)
• केवाड़ (kevāṛ), केवाड़ा (kevāṛā)
• केवार (kevār), केवारा (kevārā)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀯𑀸𑀟 (kavāḍa), from Sanskrit कवाट (kavāṭa). Cognate with Gujarati કમાડ (kamāḍ).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kɪ.ʋɑːɽ/, [kɪ.ʋäːɽ]

Noun

किवाड़ • (kivāṛ) m (feminine किवाड़ी)

1. door (panel), doorleaf, shutter

   Synonym: कपाट (kapāṭ)

Declension

Declension of किवाड़ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	किवाड़ kivāṛ	किवाड़ kivāṛ
oblique	किवाड़ kivāṛ	किवाड़ों kivāṛõ
vocative	किवाड़ kivāṛ	किवाड़ो kivāṛo

Descendants

• → Awadhi: केवाड़ा (kevāṛā)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “किवाड़”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “किवाड़”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kavāṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 151