darwaza bund

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Hindustani دروازہ / दरवाज़ा (darvāzā) + بند / बंद (band)

Phrase[edit]

darwaza bund

  1. (India, archaic) Not at home; currently unwilling to receive visitors into one's house.

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References[edit]

  • Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell (1903) Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases
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