দাওয়াত

See also: দাৱত

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دَعوَت (da'wat), from Arabic دَعْوَة (daʕwa). Compare Hindi दावत (dāvat).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /d̪ao̯at̪/, [ˈd̪ao̯at̪]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /d̪ao̯at̪/, [ˈd̪ao̯at̪]

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Noun

দাওয়াত • (daōẇat)

1. (Islam) invitation

   Synonym: নিমন্ত্রণ (nimontron)

2. (Islam) party, feast

Further reading

• Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “দাওয়াত”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]