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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