دعوة

See also: دعوه and دعوى

Arabic

Root
د ع و (d ʕ w)
16 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daʕ.wa/

Noun

دَعْوَة • (daʕwa) f (plural دَعَوَات (daʕawāt))

1. verbal noun of دَعَا (daʕā) (form I)

   شُكْرًا عَلَى دَعْوَتِكَ لَنَا إِلَى الْمَقْهَى.

   šukran ʕalā daʕwatika lanā ʔila l-maqhā.

   Thank you for inviting us to the café.

2. instance noun of دَعَا (daʕā)
3. call; call to action

   عَارَضُوا دَعْوَتَهُ وَسَعَوْا لِقَتْلِهِ.

   ʕāraḍū daʕwatahu wasaʕaw liqatlihi.

   They opposed his call and sought to kill him.

4. invitation
5. preaching, proselytization, evangelization, missionization

   Hyponyms: تَبْشِير (tabšīr), أَسْلَمَة (ʔaslama), تَنْصِير (tanṣīr), تَهْوِيد (tahwīd), تَكْفِير (takfīr)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 13:14:

     لَهُۥ دَعْوَةُ ٱلْحَقِّ وَٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ لَا يَسْتَجِيبُونَ لَهُم بِشَيْءٍ إِلَّا كَبَـٰسِطِ كَفَّيْهِ إِلَى ٱلْمَاءِ لِيَبْلُغَ فَاهُ وَمَا هُوَ بِبَـٰلِغِهِۦ وَمَا دُعَاءُ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ إِلَّا فِي ضَلَـٰلٍ

     lahū daʕwatu l-ḥaqqi wallaḏīna yadʕūna min dūnihī lā yastajībūna lahum bišayʔin ʔillā kabāsiṭi kaffayhi ʔilā l-māʔi liyabluḡa fāhu wamā huwa bibāliḡihī wamā duʕāʔu l-kāfirīna ʔillā fī ḍalālin

     To Him [alone] is the supplication of truth. And those they call upon besides Him do not respond to them with a thing, except as one who stretches his hands toward water [from afar, calling it] to reach his mouth, but it will not reach it [thus].1 And the supplication of the disbelievers is not but in error [i.e., futility].

Declension

Declension of noun دَعْوَة (daʕwa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَعْوَة daʕwa	الدَّعْوَة ad-daʕwa	دَعْوَة daʕwat
Nominative	دَعْوَةٌ daʕwatun	الدَّعْوَةُ ad-daʕwatu	دَعْوَةُ daʕwatu
Accusative	دَعْوَةً daʕwatan	الدَّعْوَةَ ad-daʕwata	دَعْوَةَ daʕwata
Genitive	دَعْوَةٍ daʕwatin	الدَّعْوَةِ ad-daʕwati	دَعْوَةِ daʕwati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَعْوَتَيْن daʕwatayn	الدَّعْوَتَيْن ad-daʕwatayn	دَعْوَتَيْ daʕwatay
Nominative	دَعْوَتَانِ daʕwatāni	الدَّعْوَتَانِ ad-daʕwatāni	دَعْوَتَا daʕwatā
Accusative	دَعْوَتَيْنِ daʕwatayni	الدَّعْوَتَيْنِ ad-daʕwatayni	دَعْوَتَيْ daʕwatay
Genitive	دَعْوَتَيْنِ daʕwatayni	الدَّعْوَتَيْنِ ad-daʕwatayni	دَعْوَتَيْ daʕwatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَعَوَات daʕawāt	الدَّعَوَات ad-daʕawāt	دَعَوَات daʕawāt
Nominative	دَعَوَاتٌ daʕawātun	الدَّعَوَاتُ ad-daʕawātu	دَعَوَاتُ daʕawātu
Accusative	دَعَوَاتٍ daʕawātin	الدَّعَوَاتِ ad-daʕawāti	دَعَوَاتِ daʕawāti
Genitive	دَعَوَاتٍ daʕawātin	الدَّعَوَاتِ ad-daʕawāti	دَعَوَاتِ daʕawāti

Descendants

• Maltese: dagħwa
• → Classical Persian: دَعوَت (da'wat)
  • → Gujarati: દાવત (dāvat)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: दावत (dāvat)

    Urdu: دَعْوَت (dāvat)

    • → Telugu: దావత్ (dāvat)
    • → Ushojo: دعوت (da'vat)

  • → Marwari: दावत (dāvat)
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਦਾਵਤ (dāvat), ਦਾਅਵਤ (dāavat), ਦਾਹਵਤ (dāhvat)

    Shahmukhi script: دَعْوَت (daʻvat)

  • → Sindhi:

    Arabic script: دَعَوَتَ

    Devanagari script: दावत

• → English: dawah
• → Lishana Deni: דעוא (daʿwa, “invitation to a wedding”)
• → Ottoman Turkish: دعوت (da'vet)
  • Turkish: davet