durbarn.

/ˈdəːbɑː/

Forms: Also darbār.

Etymology: Persian and Urdu darbār court.

Now chiefly historical.

1. The court of an Indian ruler. Also: a public audience or levee held by an Indian ruler, or by a British colonial ruler, esp. in India.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > visit > [noun] > a reception of visitors > in India under British rule

durbar1625

1625 S. Purchas Pilgrims I. iv. 432 An inner court where the King keepes his Darbar.

1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 98 This Noble Prince shews himself in the Durbar and Jarneo to the people not so oft as was expected.

1804 Duke of Wellington in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches (1877) 298 To lay these communications before the Peishwa's Durbar.

1862 H. Beveridge Comprehensive Hist. India III. viii. vi. 475 The Maharanee held durbars daily.

1881 Sir W. Hunter in Encycl. Brit. XII. 811 On January 1, 1877, Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India at a darbár of unequalled magnificence, held on the historic ‘ridge’ overlooking the Mughal capital of Delhi.

1887 Times (Weekly ed.) 12 Aug. 1/2 A grand Durbar was held..by Mr. Crosthwaite the Commissioner at Mandalay.

1911 (title) Announcements by and on behalf of His Majesty the King-Emperor at the coronation durbar held at Delhi on the 12th December 1911, with correspondence relating thereto.

1999 A. Apter in G. Steinmetz State/Culture iii. vii. 247 The durbar belonged to the political machinery of the colonial state.

2. A hall or place of audience where levees are held.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > audience-chamber

chamber of presence1538

presence1548

presence chamber1551

audience chamber1625

salutatory1641

salle d'audiencec1660

presence room1690

durbar1793

1793 W. Hodges Trav. India 105 In the inner court are the remains of the durbar, or hall of public audience.

1888 Quiver July 673/1 The Durbar, a large audience hall, which forms a part of every Eastern palace.

Compounds

durbar-tent n.

ΚΠ

1867 Evening Star 7 Dec. The beautiful durbar-tent of red and yellow silk.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	durbar
释义	durbarn. /ˈdəːbɑː/ Forms: Also darbār. Etymology: Persian and Urdu darbār court. Now chiefly historical. 1. The court of an Indian ruler. Also: a public audience or levee held by an Indian ruler, or by a British colonial ruler, esp. in India. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > visit > [noun] > a reception of visitors > in India under British rule durbar1625 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrims I. iv. 432 An inner court where the King keepes his Darbar. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 98 This Noble Prince shews himself in the Durbar and Jarneo to the people not so oft as was expected. 1804 Duke of Wellington in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches (1877) 298 To lay these communications before the Peishwa's Durbar. 1862 H. Beveridge Comprehensive Hist. India III. viii. vi. 475 The Maharanee held durbars daily. 1881 Sir W. Hunter in Encycl. Brit. XII. 811 On January 1, 1877, Queen Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India at a darbár of unequalled magnificence, held on the historic ‘ridge’ overlooking the Mughal capital of Delhi. 1887 Times (Weekly ed.) 12 Aug. 1/2 A grand Durbar was held..by Mr. Crosthwaite the Commissioner at Mandalay. 1911 (title) Announcements by and on behalf of His Majesty the King-Emperor at the coronation durbar held at Delhi on the 12th December 1911, with correspondence relating thereto. 1999 A. Apter in G. Steinmetz State/Culture iii. vii. 247 The durbar belonged to the political machinery of the colonial state. 2. A hall or place of audience where levees are held. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > audience-chamber chamber of presence1538 presence1548 presence chamber1551 audience chamber1625 salutatory1641 salle d'audiencec1660 presence room1690 durbar1793 1793 W. Hodges Trav. India 105 In the inner court are the remains of the durbar, or hall of public audience. 1888 Quiver July 673/1 The Durbar, a large audience hall, which forms a part of every Eastern palace. Compounds durbar-tent n. ΚΠ 1867 Evening Star 7 Dec. The beautiful durbar-tent of red and yellow silk. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1625
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