دولة

See also: دولت‎

Arabic

Root
د و ل‎ (d-w-l)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daw.la/
  • (file)

Noun

دَوْلَة • (dawla) f, plural دُوَل‎ (duwal)

  1. state (sovereign polity)
  2. alternation, change

Declension

Derived terms

  • دُوَيْلَة‎ (duwayla)

Descendants

  • → Malay: daulat
  • → Ottoman Turkish: دولت‎ (devlet)
  • → Persian: دولت‎ (dawlat)
  • → Uyghur: دۆلەت‎ (dölet)

References

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

South Levantine Arabic

Root
د و ل‎

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic دَوْلَة‎ (dawla).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /doː.le/, [ˈdoː.le]
  • (file)

Noun

دولة • (dōle) f, plural دول‎ (duwal)

  1. country, state
    Synonyms: بلد‎ (balad), بلاد‎ (blād)
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