دواء

Arabic

Etymology

Root
د و ي (d-w-y)

Compare دَوًى (dawan, “disease”), دَاوَى (dāwā, “to treat a disease”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /da.waːʔ/

Noun

دَوَاء • (dawāʔ) m (dual دَوَاءَانِ (dawāʔāni), plural أَدْوِيَة (ʔadwiya))

  1. (medicine) remedy, medicine, medication, drug

Declension

Descendants

  • Maltese: duwa
  • → Bashkir: дауа (dawa, “medicine, remedy, drug”)
  • → Bengali: দাওয়াই (daōẇai)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: دوا (devā)
    > Turkish: deva (inherited)
  • → Classical Persian: دوا (dawā)
    > Dari: دوا (dawā) (inherited)
    > Iranian Persian: دوا (davâ) (inherited)
    > Tajik: даво (davo) (inherited)
    → Azerbaijani: dava
  • → Swahili: dawa
  • → Urdu: دوائی (dvāī)
  • → Uyghur: داۋا (dawa)
  • → Uzbek: davo

(via plural form أَدْوِيَة (ʔadwiya)):

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