द्वार

See also: द्वार्, देवर, देवरौ, दीवार, and द्वारा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit द्वार (dvā́ra), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dwā́ram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰwā́ram, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰworom (“enclosure, courtyard, i.e. something enclosed by the door”), from *dʰwor-, *dʰwer-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ʋaːr/

Noun

द्वार • (dvār) m (Urdu spelling دوار)

1. door

   वह एक गुप्त द्वार से निकल गया।

   vah ek gupt dvār se nikal gayā.

   He escaped from a secret door.

2. gate, opening; any means of entrance

   यह दर्रा भारत का द्वार है।

   yah darrā bhārat kā dvār hai.

   This pass is a gateway to India.

3. way, means

   धन कमाने का एक ही द्वार है।

   dhan kamāne kā ek hī dvār hai.

   There is only one way to earn money.

Synonyms

• (door): दरवाज़ा (darvāzā)
• (gate): फाटक (phāṭak)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “द्वार”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Template:R:UR-HI-EN

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• dvāra (Latin script)
• 𑀤𑁆𑀯𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• দ্ৰার (Bengali script)
• ද‍්වාර (Sinhalese script)
• ဒွါရ or ၻွႃရ (Burmese script)
• ทฺวาร or ทวาระ (Thai script)
• ᨴ᩠ᩅᩤᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ທ຺ວາຣ or ທວາຣະ (Lao script)
• ទ្វារ (Khmer script)
• 𑄘𑄳𑄤𑄂𑄢 (Chakma script)

Noun

द्वार n

1. Devanagari script form of dvāra

Declension

Declension table of "द्वार" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	द्वारं (dvāraṃ)	द्वारानि (dvārāni)
Accusative (second)	द्वारं (dvāraṃ)	द्वारानि (dvārāni)
Instrumental (third)	द्वारेन (dvārena)	द्वारेहि (dvārehi) or द्वारेभि (dvārebhi)
Dative (fourth)	द्वारस्स (dvārassa) or द्वाराय (dvārāya) or द्वारत्थं (dvāratthaṃ)	द्वारानं (dvārānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	द्वारस्मा (dvārasmā) or द्वारम्हा (dvāramhā) or द्वारा (dvārā)	द्वारेहि (dvārehi) or द्वारेभि (dvārebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	द्वारस्स (dvārassa)	द्वारानं (dvārānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	द्वारस्मिं (dvārasmiṃ) or द्वारम्हि (dvāramhi) or द्वारे (dvāre)	द्वारेसु (dvāresu)
Vocative (calling)	द्वार (dvāra)	द्वारानि (dvārāni)

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dwā́ram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰwā́ram (compare Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬨 (duuar^əm), Old Persian 𐎯𐎺𐎼𐎹𐎠 (duvar-, “door, gate”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰworom (“enclosure, courtyard, i.e. something enclosed by the door”), accusative of *dʰwer-. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic дворъ (dvorŭ, “court, courtyard”), Latin forum (“forum, market-place”) and Lithuanian dvãras (“estate”). This Proto-Indo-European neuter is a derivation of the basic feminine root noun *dʰwer-, *dʰwor- (“door, gate”) that also gave Sanskrit द्वार् (dvā́r).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʋɑ́ː.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ʋɑː.ɾɐ/

Noun

द्वार • (dvā́ra) stem, n

1. door, gate, passage, entrance (ŚBr., ĀśvGṛ., Mn., MBh. etc.)
2. opening, aperture (especially of the human body compare नवद्वार (náva-dvāra), Up., Suśr. etc.)
3. a way, means, medium (MBh., Kāv., Pañc. etc; the māheśvaras hold that there are 6 dvāras or means of obtaining religious ecstasy - Sarvad.)

   द्वारेण (dvāreṇa) — by means of, with regard or according to

4. name of a Gandharva (R.)

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of द्वार (dvā́ra)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	द्वारम् dvā́ram	द्वारे dvā́re	द्वाराणि / द्वारा¹ dvā́rāṇi / dvā́rā¹
Vocative	द्वार dvā́ra	द्वारे dvā́re	द्वाराणि / द्वारा¹ dvā́rāṇi / dvā́rā¹
Accusative	द्वारम् dvā́ram	द्वारे dvā́re	द्वाराणि / द्वारा¹ dvā́rāṇi / dvā́rā¹
Instrumental	द्वारेण dvā́reṇa	द्वाराभ्याम् dvā́rābhyām	द्वारैः / द्वारेभिः¹ dvā́raiḥ / dvā́rebhiḥ¹
Dative	द्वाराय dvā́rāya	द्वाराभ्याम् dvā́rābhyām	द्वारेभ्यः dvā́rebhyaḥ
Ablative	द्वारात् dvā́rāt	द्वाराभ्याम् dvā́rābhyām	द्वारेभ्यः dvā́rebhyaḥ
Genitive	द्वारस्य dvā́rasya	द्वारयोः dvā́rayoḥ	द्वाराणाम् dvā́rāṇām
Locative	द्वारे dvā́re	द्वारयोः dvā́rayoḥ	द्वारेषु dvā́reṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Assamese: দাৰ (dar) / দ্বাৰ (dar)
• → Assamese: দুৱাৰ (duar), দ্বাৰ (dar)
• Bengali: দ্বার (dbara)
• Gujarati: દ્વાર (dvār), બારણું (bārṇũ)
• Hindi: द्वार (dvār)
• Marathi: दार (dār)
• Telugu: ద్వారము (dvāramu)
• Thai: ทวาร (tá-waan)
• Urdu: دوار (dvār)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “द्वार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0504.