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Where does “दरवान” come from?

दरवान (Hindi) comes from Classical Persian دروان, from Persian دربان, from Persian در, from Classical Persian اندر, from Middle Persian 𐭡𐭩𐭭, from Old Persian 𐎠𐎫𐎼, from Proto-Iranian *Hántarah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hántaras — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.

दरवान (Hindi): porter; doorkeeper; janitor

Definitions

  1. porter; doorkeeper; janitor

Ancestry of “दरवान”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianدروان—
2Persianدربانporter; doorkeeper
3PersianدرAPI •; at; in
4Classical Persianاندر—
5Middle Persian𐭡𐭩𐭭in; among
6Old Persian𐎠𐎫𐎼in, inside; within, among
7Proto-Iranian*Hántarah—
8Proto-Indo-IranianHántaras—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énterosinside, within
10Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix
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