दरवाज़ा (darvaazaa)
noun
A single-sense everyday noun meaning 'door' or 'gate' -- covers both the physical door and, by extension, an entrance/gateway opening.
Sense
1
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door, gate, entrance
noun, masculine
Synonyms: द्वार (dvaar, literary), गेट (get, colloquial, for a larger gate or compound entrance), फाटक (phaatak, a large gate, e.g. of a farm or level crossing)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: In most North Indian homes the दरवाज़ा (darvaazaa) carries a small social ritual of its own -- knocking, calling out 'कोई है?' (koii hai?, 'is anyone there?'), or the host's instruction 'दरवाज़ा बंद कर दो' (darvaazaa band kar do, 'shut the door') to keep out street dust or stray animals. It also shows up idiomatically, as in 'दरवाज़े पर दस्तक देना' (darvaaze par dastak denaa, 'to knock at the door'), often used figuratively for opportunity knocking.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often reach for गेट (get) for every kind of entrance, but दरवाज़ा (darvaazaa) is the default word for an ordinary room or house door -- गेट (get) is better saved for a compound/building gate. 2) The verb pairing matters: a door is opened with खोलना (kholnaa) and closed with बंद करना (band karnaa) -- learners sometimes try to force खुलना (khulnaa) into a transitive sentence like 'मैंने दरवाज़ा खुला' (mainne darvaazaa khulaa), which is wrong; it must be 'मैंने दरवाज़ा खोला' (mainne darvaazaa kholaa, 'I opened the door').
Sample Sentences:
कृपया दरवाज़ा बंद कर दो, बाहर बहुत धूल है।
Please shut the door, there is a lot of dust outside.
(kripyaa darvaazaa band kar do, baahar bahut dhool hai।)
किसी ने दरवाज़े पर दस्तक दी।
Someone knocked at the door.
(kisii ne darvaaze par dastak dii।)
दरवाज़ा खुला है, अंदर आ जाओ।
The door is open, come on in.
(darvaazaa khulaa hai, andar aa jaao।)
रात को हम हमेशा दरवाज़ा बंद कर देते हैं।
At night we always shut the door.
(raat ko ham hameshaa darvaazaa band kar dete hain।)
कोई दरवाज़ा खटखटा रहा है, देखो तो कौन है।
Someone is knocking on the door, go see who it is.
(koii darvaazaa khatakhtaa rahaa hai, dekho to kaun hai।)
अगर दरवाज़ा टूटा होता तो चोर आराम से घुस जाता।
If the door had been broken, the thief would have gotten in easily.
(agar darvaazaa tootaa hotaa to chor aaraam se ghus jaataa।)
दरवाज़ा मिस्त्री द्वारा ठीक किया गया।
The door was repaired by the carpenter.
(darvaazaa mistrii dvaaraa thiik kiyaa gayaa।)
जब तक मैं न कहूँ, दरवाज़ा मत खोलना।
Don't open the door until I tell you to.
(jab tak main n kahoon, darvaazaa mat kholnaa।)
मुख्य द्वार पर एक पुराना लकड़ी का दरवाज़ा लगा है।
There is an old wooden door fitted at the main entrance.
(mukhy dvaar par ek puraanaa lakdii kaa darvaazaa lagaa hai।)
शायद यह मौका सफलता का दरवाज़ा हो।
Perhaps this opportunity is the door to success.
(shaayad yah maukaa saphaltaa kaa darvaazaa ho।)
उम्मीद है कि किसी दिन खुशियों का दरवाज़ा हमारे लिए भी खुले।
I hope that someday the door of happiness opens for us too.
(ummiid hai ki kisii din khushiyon kaa darvaazaa hamaare lie bhii khule।)
मैं दरवाज़ा खोलूँगी, तुम आराम से बैठो।
I'll open the door, you sit and relax.
(main darvaazaa kholoongii, tum aaraam se baitho।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.m.direct):
दरवाज़ा
(darvaazaa)
(sg.m.oblique):
दरवाज़े
(darvaaze)
(pl.m.direct):
दरवाज़े
(darvaaze)
(pl.m.oblique):
दरवाज़ों
(darvaazon)