دعوت
Arabic
Verb
دعوت (form I)
- دَعَوْتُ (daʕawtu) /da.ʕaw.tu/: first-person singular past active of دَعَا (daʕā)
- دَعَوْتَ (daʕawta) /da.ʕaw.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of دَعَا (daʕā)
- دَعَوْتِ (daʕawti) /da.ʕaw.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of دَعَا (daʕā)
Gujarati
Proper noun
دعوت • (dāvat) n
- Lisan ud-Dawat spelling of દાવત (dāvat)
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Derived from Arabic دَعْوَة (daʕwa).
Noun
دعوت • (da'vet) (definite accusative مجلسی (da'veti), plural دعوات (da'avat))
- call, summons, an instance of calling or hailing someone using one's voice
- Synonym: چاغرمه (çağırma)
- invitation, lathing, the act of inviting or requesting a person's company
Derived terms
- دعوت ایتمك (da'vet etmek, “to invite”)
- دعوت تذكرهسی (da'vet tezkeresi, “note of invitation”)
- دعوتجی (da'vetci, “inviter”)
- دعوتسز (da'vetsiz, “uninvited”)
- دعوتلو (da'vetli, “invited”)
- دعوتی (da'vetî, “pertaining to invitations”)
- دعوتیه (da'vetiye, “present given to an inviter”)
Related terms
Ottoman Turkish terms derived from the Arabic root د ع و (0 c, 3 e)
Descendants
- Turkish: davet
- → Armenian: տավէթ (tavētʻ), դա̈վա̈թ (dävätʻ)
Further reading
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “davet”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “davet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1114
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “da'vet”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 202
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “دعوت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 574a
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Invitatio”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[3], Vienna, column 864
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “دعوت”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 2091
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “davet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “دعوت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 905
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic دَعْوَة (daʕwa), from دَعَا (daʕā).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /daʔ.ˈwat/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d̪äʔ.wát̪]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [d̪æʔ.vǽt̪]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [d̪äʔ.vát̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | da'wat |
| Dari reading? | da'wat |
| Iranian reading? | da'vat |
| Tajik reading? | da'vat |
Noun
دعوت • (da'wat / da'vat) (Tajik spelling даъват)
- invitation, call (to somewhere, a religion, etc.)
- ما را برای شام دعوت کردند. (more literary)
- mā rā barā-yi šām da'wat kardand. / mâ râ barâ-ye šâm da'vat kardand.
- برای شام دعوتمون کردن. (colloquial, Iran)
- barâ-ye šâm da'vat-emun kardan.
- They invited us for dinner.
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume VI, verse 843:
- دعوت دین کن که دعوت واردست
- da'wat-i dīn kun ki da'wat wārid ast.
- Call [him] to the [true] religion, for the [command to] call hath come down [from God].
- convivial meeting
Derived terms
(verbs)
- دعوت شدن (da'wat šudan / da'vat šodan, “to get invited”)
- دعوت کردن (da'wat kazdan / da'vat kazdan, “to invite”)
(others)
- دعوتنامه (da'watnāma / da'vatnâme, “invitation letter”)
- دعوتی (da'watī / da'vati, “invitational”)
Related terms
Persian terms derived from the Arabic root د ع و (0 c, 5 e)
Descendants
- → Gujarati:
- → Hindustani:
- → Marwari: दावत (dāvat)
- → Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: ਦਾਵਤ (dāvat), ਦਾਅਵਤ (dāavat), ਦਾਹਵਤ (dāhvat)
- Shahmukhi script: دَعْوَت (daʻvat)
- → Sindhi:
Further reading
- Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “دعوت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
Urdu
Etymology
Etymology tree
Borrowed from Classical Persian دَعْوَت (da'wat), borrowed from Arabic دَعْوَة (daʕwa), from دَعَا (daʕā).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d̪əʔ.ʋət̪/, [d̪ɑː.ʋət̪], [-wət̪]
Audio (Pakistan): (file) - Rhymes: -ət̪
- Hyphenation: دَع‧وَت
Noun
دَعْوَت • (da'vat) f (Hindi spelling दावत)
- invitation
- invite, request (to join a movement, or purpose)
- feast, dinner, banquet
- invitation, call (to faith; religion)
- incantation, invocation
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | دَعْوَت (da'vat) | دَعْوَتیں (da'vatẽ) |
| oblique | دَعْوَت (da'vat) | دَعْوَتوں (da'vatõ) |
| vocative | دَعْوَت (da'vat) | دَعْوَتو (da'vato) |
Related terms
Urdu terms derived from the Arabic root د ع و (0 c, 5 e)
Descendants
Further reading
- “دعوت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “دعوت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024), “دعوت”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]
Ushojo
Etymology
Etymology tree
Borrowed from Urdu دعوت, borrowed from Classical Persian دَعْوَت (da'wat), borrowed from Arabic دَعْوَة (daʕwa), from دَعَا (daʕā).
Noun
دعوت (da'vat)
Related terms
Ushojo terms derived from the Arabic root د ع و (0 c, 1 e)