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durbar

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dur⋅bar

  [dur-bahr]
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–noun (in India)
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.
Origin:
1600–10; alter. of Urdu darbār court < Pers, equiv. to dar door + bār entry
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dur·bar   (dûr'bär')   
n.  

  1. A state reception formerly given by Indian princes for a British sovereign or one given for an Indian prince by his subjects.

  2. The court of an Indian prince.


[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).]
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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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