dejr

Etymology
From, from. The meaning “castle, fortress” perhaps influenced by the militant. The knowledge about the word’s origins seems to have been lost rather early, as already treats the sense “convent” as secondary and thinks that the basic meaning is “large house” (it being merely a variant of ).

Noun

 * 1)  a castle, fortress
 * 2)  a convent, monastery
 * 1)  a convent, monastery