𐎯𐎺𐎼𐎹𐎠

Old Persian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *dwar- (compare Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬨 (duuarəm)), 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 (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

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