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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