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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 (du-v-r-y-a /duvarayā/) n (locative singular, with postposition ā, stem duvara-)
- 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
Descendants
- Middle Persian: 𐭡𐭡𐭠 (dar)