دوا

Malay

Malay cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : دوا

Alternative forms

• dua
• duă

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa. Not from Sanskrit द्व (dvá).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /duə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /dua/
• Rhymes: -uə, -wə, -ə

Numeral

دوا (Rumi spelling dua)

1. two

Synonyms

• dwi (dwi-) / دوي (دوي-)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic دَوَاء (dawāʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dwa/

• Audio

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Noun

دوا • (dwa) m (plural دوايات (dwāyāt))

1. (medicine) remedy, medicine, medication, drug

Persian

Dari	دوا
Iranian Persian	دارو
Tajik	даво

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَوَاء (dawāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [da.wɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.wɑː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.wɑː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.wɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.wɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪æ.vɒː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.vɔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	dawā
Dari reading?	dawā
Iranian reading?	davâ
Tajik reading?	davo

Noun

دوا • (dawā)

1. (chiefly Dari, Tajik) medicine, drug

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Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دوا (dawā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d̪əʋɑ]

Noun

دَوا • (davā) ? (Devanagari दवा)

1. medicine, remedy, drug

Derived terms

• دواخانو
• دواساز
• دواسازيِ

 

References

• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “دَوا”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
د و ي
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic دَوَاء (dawāʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.wa/, [ˈda.wa]

• Audio (Ramallah)

  (file)

Noun

دوا • (dawa) m (plural أدوية (ʔadwiye))

1. medicine, medication