द्वार्

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

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

ᬤ᭄ᬯᬵᬃ (Balinese script)
দ্ৱাৰ্ (Assamese script)
দ্বার্ (Bengali script)
𑰟𑰿𑰪𑰯𑰨𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀤𑁆𑀯𑀸𑀭𑁆 (Brahmi script)
𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌰𑍍 (Grantha script)
દ્વાર્ (Gujarati script)
ਦੑਵਾਰੑ (Gurmukhi script)
ꦢ꧀ꦮꦴꦂ (Javanese script)
ទ្វារ៑ (Khmer script)
ದ್ವಾರ್ (Kannada script)
ທ຺ວາຣ຺ (Lao script)
ദ്വാര് (Malayalam script)
𑘟𑘿𑘪𑘰𑘨𑘿 (Modi script)
ᢑᢦ᠎ᠠᠷ (Mongolian script)
ᡩᠣᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵ (Manchu script)
ဒွါရ် (Burmese script)
𑦿𑧠𑧊𑧑𑧈𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐡𑑂𑐰𑐵𑐬𑑂 (Newa script)
ଦ୍ଵାର୍ (Oriya script)
ꢣ꣄ꢮꢵꢬ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆢𑇀𑆮𑆳𑆫𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖟𑖿𑖪𑖯𑖨𑖿 (Siddham script)
ද්වාර් (Sinhalese script)
ద్వార్ (Telugu script)
ทฺวารฺ (Thai script)
དྭཱ་ར྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒠𑓂𑒫𑒰𑒩𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *d(ʰ)wā́r, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰwā́r, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwṓr. Cognate with Latin foris, Ancient Greek θύρα (thúra), Old English duru, dor (whence English door).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /dʋɑ́ːɾ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /d̪ʋɑːɾ/

Noun

द्वार् • (dvā́r) ?

gate, door, entrance or issue
(figuratively) expedient, means, opportunity

Related terms

द्वार (dvā́ra)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “द्वार्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 504.

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