দরবার
dorbar
Provenance: Reviewed field-research record
Word class
Expression; context-specific phrase
Lexical status
Exact headword verified; pir-linked gathering/place is a local referent to explain separately.
Recorded forms
দরবার; দরবারে
Research meaning — English
A pir-associated gathering and activity setting involving visitors, recitation, communal food and responsibilities. One speaker explicitly distinguishes the local darbār from the pir’s tomb elsewhere.
Research meaning — Bengali
এই আলোচনায় পীর-সংযুক্ত সমাবেশ ও কাজের স্থান; জিকির, মানুষ আসা, খাবারের আয়োজন ও দায়িত্বের প্রসঙ্গ আছে। এক বক্তা স্থানীয় দরবারকে দূরের মাজার থেকে পৃথক করেন।
What this research adds
Prevents automatic equivalence between দরবার and মাজার and records social participation as well as care-seeking.
मानसिक स्वास्थ्य से संबंध
Ask what the setting means and what happens there. Religious attendance alone does not indicate disorder.
Safe messaging for media
- Use the expression in its stated context; do not present it as a diagnosis or universal translation.
- Avoid describing a person by a stigmatizing term unless the person self-identifies that way and the wording is necessary.
- For suicide-related coverage, avoid method detail, sensational headlines, and single-cause explanations; include help-seeking information.
- Link to this entry’s evidence limits and distinguish contributor wording from analyst interpretation.
Established meaning — English
Dorbar denotes a court, assembly, or reception/meeting place. [REC-LBLEX05]
Established meaning — Bengali
দরবার রাজসভা, সভা বা উচ্চপদস্থ ব্যক্তির সভাস্থলের অর্থে ব্যবহৃত হয়। [REC-LBLEX05]
इस्तेमाल का संदर्भ
a source record describes attendance and recitation; a source record describes responsibilities, collective funding and the physical distinction from a tomb.
Learning from the accounts
Reported effects
People attend and participate; a participant reports liking the setting. It is not itself a symptom or an established treatment.
Attributed origins
Tied to a pir and remembered religious figure in one account; not a stated cause of mental illness.
Variation and visualization
Usage includes a place of gathering, belonging and responsibility. A single architectural or private image is not established.
क्या अनिश्चित है
Ask what the setting means and what happens there. Religious attendance alone does not indicate disorder.
Commonness and evidence limits
These are selected source occurrences, not population frequencies. Duplicate files and reused evidence do not add independent testimony. No shared private image is established.
Relationships and comparison
These are scoped relationships from the research record, not claims of universal equivalence.
Synonyms and near-synonyms
No exact local synonym established by the cited selections; related and dictionary-sense relationships are recorded separately.
Antonyms and contrasts
No exact local antonym established. Contextual contrasts do not establish a universal lexical opposite.
Related terms
N166; N184
Across languages
The English local definition is an analyst gloss. A separately verified other-language counterpart is not established for this complete local expression.
অংশগ্রহণকারীঃ দরবারে যাই মানে, ভালো লাগে, এইহানে জিকির আস্কার হয়, আল্লাহ রাসুলের নাম লয়, মানে হেই জায়গায় যাইতে (Not audible) সবাই যায়,আমিও যাই, এই।
অংশগ্রহণকারীঃ পীর বাড়ি আছে না । মাহফিল করি না মাসে মাসে, চান্দের নয় তারিখ। এই যে ঐদিন মিটিং করে গিয়ে বাজার করেছি। তারপর পাক করছি, তারপর তবারক খাওয়াইছি।
All evidence IDs: E1796; E1797; E1798; E1799
अलग-अलग संदर्भों से नज़रिए
नज़रिए एक साथ दिखाए जाते हैं। समानता का मतलब बराबरी नहीं है। कोई भी एक नज़रिया पूरी संस्कृति की बात नहीं कहता।