durwan

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A live-in doorkeeper, especially in an apartment building. India
    — Old Mattu, the Hindu durwan who looked after the European church, was standing in the sunlight below the veranda.

词形变化

durwans plural

词源

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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