durbar
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Etymology
From Hindustani دربار / दरबार (darbār), from Classical Persian دربار (darbār, “royal court”).
Noun
durbar (plural durbars)
- (historical) A ceremonial gathering held by a ruler in India.
- 1934, George Orwell, chapter 25, in Burmese Days:
- A month after his retirement he was summoned to a durbar in Rangoon, to receive the decoration that had been awarded to him by the Indian Government.
- 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 175:
- He decided to stage a durbar on the plains outside the city, at which the Afghans would be able to express their loyalty to their new ruler.
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 456:
- Father had refused to see my brother privately and had chosen to speak to him at the durbar held to honour the victors of the Malwa campaign […]
- (historical) An audience chamber.
- 1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page 12:
- “If you cannot gueſs, perhaps the bird himſelf may inform you, Madam,” ſaid the ſultan, who was withdrawing to the grand durbar.
- (historical) The body of officials at a royal or princely court in India.