𐎯𐎺𐎼𐎹𐎠

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *dwar- (compare Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬨 (duuar^əm)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰwar- (compare Sanskrit द्वार् (dvā́r)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“gate, door”) (compare Latin foris, Ancient Greek θύρα (thúra) and Old English duru and dor (English door)).

Noun

𐎯𐎺𐎼𐎹𐎠 (du-v-r-y-a /duvarayā/) n (locative singular, with postposition ā, stem duvara-)

1. at (my) door
   • 5th century BCE, Behistun Inscription, column 2, lines 73-76:

     adamšai[y] utā nāham utā gaušā utā hazānam frājanam utāšaiy [u]cašma avajam duvarayāmaiy basta adāriya haruvašim kāra avaina

     I cut off his nose, his ears, and his tongue, and I put out one eye, and he was kept in fetters at my palace entrance, and all the people beheld him.

   • 5th century BCE, XPa, line 12

     𐎯𐎢𐎺𐎼𐎰𐎡𐎶 𐏐 𐎻𐎡𐎿𐎭𐏃𐎹𐎢𐎶

     duvarθim visadahyum

     [The] Gate of All Nations

Descendants

• Middle Persian: 𐭡𐭡𐭠 (dar)
  • Persian: در (dar)