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)

Persian

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَعْوَى (daʕwā).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äʔ.wɑː]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪æʔ.vɒː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äʔ.vɔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	da'wā
Dari reading?	da'wā
Iranian reading?	da'vâ
Tajik reading?	daʾvo

• (Shiraz) IPA^(key): /d̪æʔ.vo/

Noun

دعوا • (da'vâ)

1. quarrel, dispute, argument, disagreement
2. (law) claim, litigation