Where does “دروان” come from?
دروان (Urdu) 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.
دروان (Urdu): porter; doorkeeper; janitor
Definitions
- porter; doorkeeper; janitor
Ancestry of “دروان”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Classical Persian | دروان | — |
| 2 | Persian | دربان | porter; doorkeeper |
| 3 | Persian | در | API •; at; in |
| 4 | Classical Persian | اندر | — |
| 5 | Middle Persian | 𐭡𐭩𐭭 | in; among |
| 6 | Old Persian | 𐎠𐎫𐎼 | in, inside; within, among |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | *Hántarah | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hántaras | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁énteros | inside, within |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teros | Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix |