سوا

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Bakhtiari

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Etymology

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Likely from Arabic صبح. Cognate with Southwestern Fars سوا.

Noun

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سوا (sova)

  1. tomorrow
    سوا ایرم هونه
    sova eirom howne.
    Tomorrow I'll go home.

North Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic سواء. Compare also Arabic سويا.

Adverb

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سوا (sawa)

  1. (particularly Lebanon) together
    Synonym: مَعْ بَعْض (maʕ baʕḍ)
    ما فيكن تقعدو سوا بغرفة من دون ما تصَرّخو؟
    mā fīkun ti’‘dū sawā b-ḡirfe min dūn mā tṣarrḵū?
    Are you not able to be in a room together without screaming?
  2. (now uncommon) completely; wholly

Usage notes

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  • Sense 2 is preserved in the set expression كلُّو سَوَا (kullo sawa, all of it) and other inflected forms.

Ottoman Turkish

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سوا

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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According to Nishanyan, from Proto-Turkic *söbek (mill or door pin), from the same root of سوبو (söbü, tapering, conical).

Noun

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سوا (sıva, süva)

  1. doorframe, the frame into which a door is fitted
    Synonym: چرچوه (çerçeve)
  2. window frame, the framework around a window

Descendants

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  • Turkish: söve
  • Armenian: սօ̈վա̈ (sövä)Akhaltsikhe

Further reading

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South Levantine Arabic

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Root
س و ي
5 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic سواء.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sa.wa/, [ˈsa.wa]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Adverb

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سوا (sawa)

  1. together (optionally preceded by مع (maʕ))
    Synonym: مع بعض (maʕ baʕḍ)

Southwestern Fars

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Alternative forms

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سبا (sabâ) صبا (sabâ)

Noun

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سوا (savâ)

  1. (Masarm, Deh Sarv, Kuzarg) tomorrow