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dirwan

dirwan is the alternative form of durwan.

Meaning of durwan

Noun

durwan (plural durwans)

  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.1934, George Orwell, chapter 3, in Burmese Days

Forms of dirwan

pluraldirwans

Questions about dirwan

What is dirwan the alternative form of?
Dirwan is the alternative form of durwan.

Words near dirwan in the dictionary

  1. dirucotide
  2. diruption
  3. Dirusso
  4. Dirussos
  5. diruthenium
  6. dirwan
  7. dirwans
  8. dis
  9. dis legomena
  10. dis legomenon
  11. dis-

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