[dur-bahr] 
| 1. | the court of a native ruler. |
| 2. | a public audience or levee held by a native prince or by a British governor or viceroy; an official reception. |
| 3. | the hall or place of audience. |
| 4. | the audience itself. |
| dur·bar (dûr'bär') n.
[Urdu darbār, audience hall, court, from Persian : dar, indoors (from Middle Persian, door, from Old Persian duvara-); see dhwer- in Indo-European roots + bār, audience hall (from East Iranian *dwāra-, courtyard; see dhwer- in Indo-European roots).] |
durbar
in India, a court or audience chamber, and also any formal assembly of notables called together by a governmental authority. In British India the name was specially attached to formal imperial assemblies called together to mark state occasions.
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