درگاه

See also: دركاه and درگاہ

Persian

Alternative forms

• درگه (dargah) (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (dlgʾs /⁠dargāh⁠/, “doorway”), compound of 𐭡𐭡𐭠 (bbʾ /⁠dar⁠/, “door”) and [script needed] (gʾs /⁠gāh⁠/, “place”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /dæɾˈɡɒːh/
• (Iran) IPA^(key): /dæɾˈɡɒːh/, [dæɾˈɡɒː(h)]

Noun

Dari	درگاه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	даргоҳ

درگاه • (dargâh) (plural درگاه‌ها)

1. doorway, threshold

   Synonym: آستانه (âstâne)

2. portal, entrance

   Synonym: ورودی (vorudi)

3. dargah
4. (Internet) portal

   Synonym: پورتال (portâl)

Related terms

• در (dar)
• ـگاه (-gâh)

Descendants

• → Arabic: دَرْكَاه (darkāh)
• → Armenian: դարգահ (dargah), դարգյահ (dargyah)
• → Azerbaijani: dərgah / درگاه
• → Gujarati: દરગાહ (dargāh)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: दरगाह (dargāh)

  Urdu: درگاہ (dargāh), درگہ (dargah)

  • → English: dargah
  • → Tamil: தர்கா (tarkā)
• → Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: dergeh

  Central Kurdish: دەرگا (derga)

• → Marwari: दरगा (dargā)
• → Ottoman Turkish: دركاه (dergâh), دركه (dergeh)
  • Turkish: dergâh
• → Russian: дарга́х (dargáx)
• → Telugu: దర్గా (dargā)
• → Uzbek: dargoh