درگاه

See also: دركاه and درگاہ

Persian

Alternative forms

درگه (dargah) (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (dlgʾs /⁠dargāh⁠/, “doorway”), compound of 𐭡𐭡𐭠 (bbʾ /⁠dar⁠/, “door”) and [script needed] (gʾs /⁠gāh⁠/, “place”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /dæɾˈɡɒːh/
(Iran) IPA^(key): /dæɾˈɡɒːh/, [dæɾˈɡɒː(h)]

Noun


Iranian Persian	درگاه
Dari	درگاه
Tajik	даргоҳ

درگاه • (dargâh) (plural درگاه‌ها)

doorway, threshold
Synonym: آستانه (âstâne)
portal, entrance
Synonym: ورودی (vorudi)
dargah
(Internet) portal
Synonym: پورتال (portâl)

Related terms

در (dar)
ـگاه (-gâh)

Descendants

→ Arabic: دَرْكَاه (darkāh)
→ Armenian: դարգահ (dargah), դարգյահ (dargyah)
→ Azerbaijani: dərgah / درگاه
→ Gujarati: દરગાહ (dargāh)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: दरगाह (dargāh)

Urdu: درگاہ (dargāh), درگہ (dargah)
- → English: dargah
- → Tamil: தர்கா (tarkā)
→ Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: dergeh

Central Kurdish: دەرگا (derga)
→ Marwari: दरगा (dargā)
→ Ottoman Turkish: دركاه (dergâh), دركه (dergeh)
- Turkish: dergâh
→ Russian: дарга́х (dargáx)
→ Telugu: దర్గా (dargā)
→ Uzbek: dargoh