دعوا

Arabic

Verb

دعوا (form I)

  1. دَعَوَا (daʕawā) /da.ʕa.waː/: third-person masculine dual past active of دَعَا (daʕā)
  2. دَعَوْا (daʕaw) /da.ʕaw/: third-person masculine plural past active of دَعَا (daʕā)
  3. دُعُوا (duʕū) /du.ʕuː/: third-person masculine plural past passive of دَعَا (daʕā)

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَعْوَى (daʕwā, lawsuit, process).

Noun

دعوا • (daʼva) (definite accusative دعوایی (daʼvayı), plural دعاوی (deʼavi))

  1. (law) lawsuit, claim, litigation

Derived terms

  • دعوا ایتمك (daʼva etmek, to assert, allege)
  • دعواجی (daʼvacı, suitor, plaintiff)

Descendants

  • Turkish: dava

Further reading

Persian

Alternative forms

  • دعوی (da'vâ)
  • دعوو (da'vo) (colloquial, Shiraz)[1]

Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic دَعْوَى (daʕwā).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? da'wā
    Dari reading? da'wā
    Iranian reading? da'vâ
    Tajik reading? da'vo
    • (Shiraz) IPA(key): /d̪æʔ.vo/

    Noun

    دعوا • (da'wā / da'vâ) (Tajik spelling даъво)

    1. quarrel, dispute, argument, disagreement
    2. (law) claim, litigation
    Persian terms derived from the Arabic root د ع و (0 c, 4 e)

    Descendants

    • Hindustani:
      Hindi: दावा (dāvā)
      Urdu: دَعْویٰ (da'vā)
    • Kermanic: (Tekkiyei, Tari, Tamei, Keshei, Natanzi) دعوا (dāvâ), (Tarqi) دعوا (da'vâ)
    • Shahrudi: (Askestani, Dervi, Shali, Kajali, Karnaqi, Karini, Koluri, Gilavani, Lerdi) دوا (davâ)

    References

    1. ^ Miller, Corey; Livingston, Jace; Vinson, Mark; Triebwasser Prado, Thomas (2014), Persian Dialects: As Spoken in Iran[1], University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language, page 94