durbar
durbar noun: a ceremonial gathering held by a ruler in India.
Noun
durbar (plural durbars)
- A ceremonial gathering held by a ruler in India.
- Sir Salar Jung was proceeding to the palace of the Nizam on his bocha, a sort of state palanquin, in order to be present at the customary Eed durbar... when two shots in rapid succession were fired.1868 February 7, "Englishman", "Attempted Assassination of Sir Salar Jung...", Hyderabad Times, Vol. III, p. 41
- A month after his retirement he was summoned to a durbar in Rangoon, to receive the decoration that had been awarded to him by the Indian Government.1934, George Orwell, chapter 25, in Burmese Days
- An audience chamber.
- “If you cannot gueſs, perhaps the bird himſelf may inform you, Madam,” ſaid the ſultan, who was withdrawing to the grand durbar.1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page 12
- The body of officials at a royal or princely court in India.
durbar meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
durbar in Hindi
- durbar, royal court
- दरबार darbār
durbar in Tamil
- durbar
- நாளோலக்கம் nāḷōlakkam
durbar in Marathi
- durbar, royal court
- दरबार darbār
durbar in Urdu
- durbar, royal court, palace
- دربار darbār
More languagesFewer languages
- durbar in Gujarati
- દરબાર darbār
Examples of durbar in a sentence
- He decided to stage a durbar on the plains outside the city, at which the Afghans would be able to express their loyalty to their new ruler.1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 175:
- Father had refused to see my brother privately and had chosen to speak to him at the durbar held to honour the victors of the Malwa campaign […]1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 456:
Forms of durbar
| plural | durbars |
|---|---|
| alternative form | darbar |
Origin of durbar
Borrowed from Hindustani دربار / दरबार (darbār), in turn borrowed from Classical Persian دربار (darbār, “royal court”).
Questions about durbar
- What does durbar mean?
- Durbar means a ceremonial gathering held by a ruler in India.
- What is durbar in Hindi?
- Durbar in Hindi is दरबार (darbār). See Durbar meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use durbar in a sentence?
- He decided to stage a durbar on the plains outside the city, at which the Afghans would be able to express their loyalty to their new ruler.
- What part of speech is durbar?
- Durbar is a noun.
- What is the plural of durbar?
- The plural of durbar is durbars.
Words near durbar in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: durbar (page history and authors); दरबार (Hindi) (page history and authors); நாளோலக்கம் (Tamil) (page history and authors); दरबार (Marathi) (page history and authors); دربار (Urdu) (page history and authors); દરબાર (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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