# द्वार
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit द्वार (dvāra). Doublet of बार (bār) and दर (dar).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /d̪ʋɑːɾ/, [d̪wäːɾ]

### Noun

द्वार • (dvār) m (Urdu spelling دوار)
* door
    Synonym: दरवाज़ा (darvāzā)
    वह एक गुप्त द्वार से निकल गया।vah ek gupt dvār se nikal gayā.He escaped from a secret door.
* gate, opening; any means of entrance
    Synonym: फाटक (phāṭak)
    यह दर्रा भारत का द्वार है।yah darrā bhārat kā dvār hai.This pass is a gateway to India.
* way, means
    धन कमाने का एक ही द्वार है।dhan kamāne kā ek hī dvār hai.There is only one way to earn money.

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “द्वार”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* Platts, John T. (1884) “द्वार”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 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
* Devanagari script form of dvāra

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* দ্বাৰ (Assamese script)
* ᬤ᭄ᬯᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
* দ্বার (Bengali script)
* 𑰟𑰿𑰪𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀤𑁆𑀯𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* ဒွါရ (Burmese script)
* દ્વાર (Gujarati script)
* ਦ੍ਵਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌦𑍍𑌵𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
* ꦢ꧀ꦮꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
* 𑂠𑂹𑂫𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
* ದ್ವಾರ (Kannada script)
* ទ្វារ (Khmer script)
* ທ຺ວາຣ (Lao script)
* ദ്വാര (Malayalam script)
* ᡩᠣᠸᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘟𑘿𑘪𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
* ᢑᢦ᠎ᠠᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦿𑧠𑧊𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐡𑑂𑐰𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
* ଦ୍ଵାର (Odia script)
* ꢣ꣄ꢮꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆢𑇀𑆮𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
* 𑖟𑖿𑖪𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
* ද්‍වාර (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩭 𑪙𑩾𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚛𑚶𑚦𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
* த்³வார (Tamil script)
* ద్వార (Telugu script)
* ทฺวาร (Thai script)
* དྭཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
* 𑒠𑓂𑒫𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨛𑩇𑨭𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Developed from earlier द्वार् (dvā́r). First attested in the Brahmanas.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /dʋɑ́ː.ɾɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈd̪ʋɑː.ɾɐ/

### Noun

द्वार • (dvā́ra) stem, n
* door, gate, passage, entrance
* opening, aperture (especially of the human body; compare नवद्वार (náva-dvāra))
** c. 800 BCE – 300 BCE, Early Upaniṣads
** c. 600 BCE – 600 CE, Suśruta, Suśruta Saṃhitā
* a way, means, medium (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
** c. 400 BCE, Mahābhārata
** 200 BCE – 1200, Kāvya literature
** c. 300 BCE, Pañcatantra
** 1238 – 1317, Madhvācārya, Sarvadarśanasaṁgraha

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Descendants

* Bihari: बारा (bārā)
* Dardic:
** Kashmiri:
    Arabic script: دٲر (dạ̄r)
    Devanagari script: दऻर (dạ̄r)
    Sharada script: 𑆢𑇋𑆳𑆫 (dạ̄r)
* Gujarati: બારણું (bārṇũ)
* Saurashtra: ꢣꢵꢬ꣄ (dār)
* Kachchi: બાયણો (bāyaṇo)
* Marwari: बारणौ (bārṇau)
* Pali: dvāra
* Prakrit: 𑀤𑀸𑀭 (dāra) (see there for further descendants)
* Punjabi: ਬਾਰ (bār)
* Romani: vudar
* → Assamese: দুৱাৰ (duar)
* → Bengali: দ্বার (dar)
* → Gujarati: દ્વાર (dvār)
* → Hindi: द्वार (dvār)
* → Malayalam: ദ്വാരം (dvāraṁ)
* → Burmese: ဒွာရ (dwara.)
* → Odia: ଦ୍ଵାର (dwārå)
* → Punjabi: ਦੁਆਰ (duāra)
* → Tamil: துவாரம் (tuvāram)
* → Telugu: ద్వారము (dvāramu)
* → Thai: ทวาร (tá-waan)
* → Urdu: دوار (dvār, dwār)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “द्वार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 504, column 2.
* Wodtko, Dagmar S., Irslinger, Britta, Schneider, Carolin (2008) Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, pages 131, 134: “einzelsprachliche Umbildung des Wz.Nomens”