دعا

Arabic

Root
د ع و‎ (d-ʕ-w)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /da.ʕaː/

Verb

دَعَا • (daʕā) I, non-past يَدْعُو‎‎ (yadʕū)

  1. to call
  2. to invite, to summon
  3. to call up
  4. to call upon, to appeal to, to urge
  5. to challenge, to induce

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Maltese: dagħa
  • → Swahili: dai

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “دعا”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Root
د ع و‎

Etymology

From Arabic دَعَا‎ (daʕā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daʕa/

Verb

دعا • (daʿa) (form I, non-past يدعي‎ (yidʿi))

  1. to pray (verbally)
    ‏ادعي إنه تكون درجتك كويسة‎
    adʿi innu tikūn darajatak kuwaysa
    pray that your grade is good

Conjugation

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Root
د ع ي‎
1 term

From Arabic دَعَا‎ (daʕā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʕa/
  • (file)

Verb

دعا • (dʕa) (form I, non-past يدعي‎ (yidʕi))

  1. to call upon God, to pray
    1. to curse
  2. to sue (to file a legal action)
    ‏دعاوني فالمحكمة على قبل مضاربة السيمانة الفايتة.‎‎
    dʕāwni f-el-maḥkama ʕla qibal mḍārbat es-simāna l-fāyta
    They sued me in court for last week's fight.

Conjugation

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic دُعَاء‎ (duʕāʔ).

Noun

دعا • (du'â)

  1. prayer
  2. blessing
  3. benediction

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic دُعَاء‎ (duʕāʔ).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /duˈʔɔ/

Noun

Dari دعا
Iranian Persian
Tajik дуъо (duʾo)

دعا • (do'â)

  1. prayer
  2. blessing
  3. benediction

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دعا‎ (du’ā), from Arabic دُعَاء‎ (duʕāʔ).

Pronunciation

Noun

دُعا • (du’ā) f (Hindi spelling दुआ)

  1. prayer, supplication
    Antonym: لَعَنَت‎ (la’anat, “curse”)
  2. hope, wish
    Synonym: خواہش‎ (xvāhiś)

Declension

Declension of دعا
singular plural
direct دُعا‎ (du’ā) دُعائیں‎ (du’āẽ)
oblique دُعا‎ (du’ā) دُعاؤں‎ (du’āõ)
vocative دُعا‎ (du’ā) دُعاؤ‎ (du’āo)

References

  • “دعا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “دعا”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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