دروازه

Borrowed from Classical Persian دَرْوَازَه (darwāza).

دروازه (darwāza)

1. gate

Borrowed from Classical Persian دَرْوَازَه (darwāza).

دروازه • (darwāzə)

1. doorway

• Raverty, H. G. (1867) “دروازه”, in A dictionary of the Puk'hto, Pus'hto, or language of the Afghans: with remarks on the originality of the language, and its affinity to other oriental tongues, London: Williams & Nortgate

Has been explained as coming from در (dar, “door”) +‎ واز (wāz, “open”), with the later word واز (wāz) (Archaic in Iranian Persian) coming from Middle Persian 𐫀𐫁𐫀𐫝 (ʾbʾc /⁠abāz⁠/, “back, again, re-”).

Though it may have other origins, compare similar words in Semitic: Akkadian 𒉣𒇬 (tarbāṣu, “cowshed; courtyard”), Aramaic תַּרְחִּיצָא (tarbīṣā) / תַּרְחָּצָא (ṭarbāṣā) / ܬܰܪܒܳܨܳܐ (ṭarbāṣā, “courtyard”), Ugaritic 𐎚𐎗𐎁𐎕 (trbṣ, “stable”), which is a formation that belongs to the Proto-Semitic verb *rabaṣ́- used for the sitting of an animal, on which root see Arabic ر ب ض (r-b-ḍ).

Possibly connected to Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (dlpʾs /⁠darbās⁠/, “palace”) and the Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian դարպաս (darpas), դարապաս (darapas), Georgian დარბაზი (darbazi, “palace”).

Readings
Classical reading?	darwāza
Dari reading?	darwāza
Iranian reading?	darvâze
Tajik reading?	darvoza

Regional synonyms of "gate"

Dari	دروازهٔ کلان
Iranian Persian	دروازه
Tajik	дарвоза

Regional synonyms of "door"

Dari	دروازه
Iranian Persian	در
Tajik	дар

دروازه • (darvâze) (plural دروازه‌ها (darvâze-hâ))

1. (chiefly Iran) gate

   Synonym: گیت (geyt)

2. (chiefly Dari, Classical Persian) door

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դարապաս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 634–635
• Horn, Paul (1893) Grundriss der neupersischen Etymologie (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, § 163, page 37