Old Persian

Noun

𐎯𐎺𐎼𐎹𐎠 ‎(duvarayā) n (locative singular, with postposition ā, stem duvara-)

1. at (my) door
   • 5th century BCE, Behistun Inscription, column 2, lines 73-76:

     # adamšai[y] utā nāham utā gaušā utā hazānam frājanam utāšaiy [u]cašma avajam duvarayāmaiy basta adāriya haruvašim kāra avaina

     I cut off his nose, his ears, and his tongue, and I put out one eye, and he was kept in fetters at my palace entrance, and all the people beheld him.

Descendants

• Middle Persian: 𐭡𐭡𐭠 ‎(dar)
  • New Persian: در ‎(dar)