English Explanatory Dictionary

durwan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A live-in doorkeeper, especially in an apartment building.

Word forms

durwan durwans

Etymology

From Hindustani دروان (drvān) / दरवान (darvān), from Classical Persian دروان (darwān), from دربان (darbān, “doorkeeper”), from در (dar, “door”) + ـبان (-bān, “keeper, guardian”).

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