دیوار

Central Kurdish

Noun

دیوار (dîwar)

1. wall (structure built for defense surrounding or separating an area)

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Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian dywʾl (dēwār, “wall”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Dari	دیوار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	девор

دیوار • (divâr) (plural دیوارها (divâr-hâ))

1. wall

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: divar
• → Bashkir: диуар (diwar)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: दीवार (dīvār)

  Urdu: دیوار (dīvār)

• → Punjabi: ਦੀਵਾਰ / دیوار (dīvār)
• → Turkish: duvar

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “dēwār”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 26.

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Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian دیوار (divâr), from Middle Persian dywʾl (dēwār).

Noun

1. wall

   Synonym: کندھ (kndh)

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian دیوار (divâr), from Middle Persian dywʾl (dēwār). Cognate to Punjabi دیوار (dīvār).

Noun

دیوار • (dīvār) f (Hindi spelling दीवार)

1. wall

Declension

Declension of دیوار
	singular	plural
direct	دیوار (dīvār)	دیوار (dīvār)
oblique	دیوار (dīvār)	دیواروں (dīvārō̃)
vocative	دیوار (dīvār)	دیوارو (dīvārō)