دوات

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• دویت (divit)

Etymology

From Persian دوات (davât), from Arabic دَوَاة (dawāh).

Noun

دوات • (devat)

1. inkwell; pen case

Descendants

• Turkish: divit

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “devât”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 214
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “دوات”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دوات”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 917

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَوَاة (dawāh).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.wɑ́ːt̪]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪æ.vɒ́ːt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.vɔ́t̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	dawāt
Dari reading?	dawāt
Iranian reading?	davât
Tajik reading?	davot

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

دوات • (davât) (plural دوات‌ها (davât-hâ))

1. inkwell

Synonyms

• مرکبدان (morakkabdân)
  

Descendants

• → Assamese: দোৱাত (düat)
• → Hindustani:

  → Hindi: दवात (davāt)

  → Urdu: دوات (davāt)

• → Ottoman Turkish: دوات (devat), دویت (divit)
  • Turkish: divit
• → Punjabi: دوات (davāt)

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دوات (dawāt), from Arabic دَوَاة (dawāh). Compare Urdu دوات (davāt), Gujarati દવાત (davāt), Marathi दौत (daut), Assamese দোৱাত (düat).

Noun

دَوَات • (davāt) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਦਵਾਤ)

1. inkwell

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دوات (dawāt), from Arabic دَوَاة (dawāh). Compare Gujarati દવાત (davāt), Marathi दौत (daut), Punjabi ਦਵਾਤ (davāt) / دوات (doāt), Assamese দোৱাত (düat).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ə.ʋɑːt̪/

Noun

دَوات • (davāt) f (Hindi spelling दवात)

1. ink-holder, inkstand; an inkhorn
2. a portable case with receptacles for ink and writing-reeds
3. The style with which the cloth or wool in an (Eastern) inkbottle is stirred.

Declension

Declension of دوات
	singular	plural
direct	دَوات (davāt)	دَواتیں (davātẽ)
oblique	دَوات (davāt)	دَواتوں (davātõ)
vocative	دَوات (davāt)	دَواتو (davāto)

Further reading

• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “دوات”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 316
• “دوات”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.