دروازہ

Borrowed from Classical Persian دَرْوَازَه (darwāza).

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /d̪əɾ.ʋäː.zäː/, [d̪ɐɾᵊ.ʋäː.zäː]
• Hyphenation: دَر‧وا‧زَہ

دَرْوَازَہ • (darvāzah) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਦਰਵਾਜ਼ਾ)

1. synonym of بُوہا (būhā, “door”)
2. (by extension) gate
3. (by extension) porch; entrance
4. (by extension) archway
5. (figuratively) path, way

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “دروازہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “دروازہ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਦਰਵਾਜ਼ਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

Borrowed from Classical Persian دَرْوَازَه (darwāza). Doublet of دَر (dar) and دْوَار (dvār).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪əɾ.ʋɑː.zɑ(ː)/
• (Overseas) IPA^(key): /d̪ɪɾ.ʋɑː.zɑ(ː)/

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• Hyphenation: دَر‧وا‧زَہ

دَرْوَازَہ • (darvāza) m (Hindi spelling दरवाज़ा)

1. door
2. (by extension) gate
3. (by extension) porch; entrance
4. (figuratively) path, way

• → Gulf Arabic: دِرْوَازَة (dirwāza)

• “دروازہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “دروازہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.