durwan

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

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6

Definition of durwan

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (India)A live-in doorkeeper, especially in an apartment building.
    “Old Mattu, the Hindu durwan who looked after the European church, was standing in the sunlight below the veranda.”
    “Outside my retreat, our house was full of relatives and other people. […] Mukundalal the durwan is outside rolling on the ground with the one-eyed wrestler, trying out a new wrestling fall.”

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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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