दावा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دعوی (da'wā), from Arabic دَعْوَى (daʕwā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑː.ʋɑː/, [d̪äː.ʋäː]

Noun

दावा • (dāvā) m (Urdu spelling دَعْوَیٰ)

1. claim, assertion, declaration [with पे (pe) or पर (par) ‘to’]

   चीन इस इलाक़े पे दावा कर रहा है।

   cīn is ilāqe pe dāvā kar rahā hai.

   China is claiming this region.

2. (law) lawsuit, suit
3. confidence, conviction
4. pretension, smug assertion

   Synonym: गर्वोक्ति (garvokti)

Declension

Declension of दावा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दावा dāvā	दावे dāve
oblique	दावे dāve	दावों dāvõ
vocative	दावे dāve	दावो dāvo

Derived terms

• दावा करना (dāvā karnā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दावा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 493