دوائی

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دوائی (dawā'ī), from Arabic دَوَاء (dawāʔ, “medicine”). By surface analysis, دوا (davā) +‎ ـی (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ə.ʋɑː.iː/, /d̪ə.wɑː.iː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

دَوائی • (davāī) f (Hindi spelling दवाई)

1. medicine
2. (loosely) cure, remedy

Declension

Declension of دوائی
	singular	plural
direct	دوائی (davā'ī)	دوائیاں (davā'iyā̃)
oblique	دوائی (davā'ī)	دوائیوں (davā'iyō̃)
vocative	دوائی (davā'ī)	دوائیو (davā'iyō)

References

• “دوائی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “دوائی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.