derî

Meaning

door

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *dwā́ram (compare Persian در (dar), Ossetian дуар (dwar), Avestan 𐬛𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬨 (dvar^əm)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰwā́ram (compare Sanskrit द्वार (dvā́ra), Urdu دوار (dvār)/Hindi द्वार (dvār)), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“gate, door”). Other cognates include English door, German Tür, Armenian դուռ (duṙ), Irish doras and Russian дверь (dverʹ).

Sentences

Yekî li derî dixist.

Someone was knocking on the door.

Min jî derî li xwe girt.

I also closed the door.

Ji derî şûnde vegeriya.

He returned from the door.

Bavê te li ber derî bû.

Your father was at the door.

Holmes derî vekir û em ketin hundir.

Holmes opened the door and we entered.

Min dengekî lêdanê ji derî bihîst.

I heard a knock from the door.

Min xwe da derî ; ez ketim hundir.

I turned to the door; I entered.

Samî li derî mêze dikir .

Sami was staring at the door.