What does 'DeRhiya' mean?

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Re: What does ‘DeRhiya’ mean?

@KKF

DeoRhii [vestibule leading to the inner house] is called so because the word is derived from the Urdu word dahleez hence DeoRhii daar means the one who guards the entrance to the house [dahleez, DioRhii].

pagRii is the ‘key money’ is common in India, especially in Mumbai. my cousin got Rs 2 crores and a bedroom flat in Mumbai to vacate his house [where once malka e tarannum Noor JahaN lived]. a five star hotel is being constructed on that property which is close to the ‘chowpatty beach’.

so are there any deRhyia flats in Mumbai?

So Madam Noorjehan was able to own a flat in Mumbai before partition. I’m reading a book on Saadat Hussain Manto, where he tells about renting a kholi (very small room) for Rs 9 per month. His income was Rs 40 per month during that time.