دولة

See also: دولت‎

Arabic

Root
د و ل‎ (d-w-l)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daw.la/

• Audio

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Noun

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

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

Declension

Declension of noun دَوْلَة (dawla)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَوْلَة dawla	الدَّوْلَة‎ ad-dawla	دَوْلَة dawlat
Nominative	دَوْلَةٌ dawlatun	الدَّوْلَةُ‎ ad-dawlatu	دَوْلَةُ dawlatu
Accusative	دَوْلَةً dawlatan	الدَّوْلَةَ‎ ad-dawlata	دَوْلَةَ dawlata
Genitive	دَوْلَةٍ dawlatin	الدَّوْلَةِ‎ ad-dawlati	دَوْلَةِ dawlati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَوْلَتَيْن‎ dawlatayn	الدَّوْلَتَيْن‎ ad-dawlatayn	دَوْلَتَيْ‎ dawlatay
Nominative	دَوْلَتَانِ‎ dawlatāni	الدَّوْلَتَانِ‎ ad-dawlatāni	دَوْلَتَا‎ dawlatā
Accusative	دَوْلَتَيْنِ‎ dawlatayni	الدَّوْلَتَيْنِ‎ ad-dawlatayni	دَوْلَتَيْ‎ dawlatay
Genitive	دَوْلَتَيْنِ‎ dawlatayni	الدَّوْلَتَيْنِ‎ ad-dawlatayni	دَوْلَتَيْ‎ dawlatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُوَل‎ duwal	الدُّوَل‎ ad-duwal	دُوَل‎ duwal
Nominative	دُوَلٌ‎ duwalun	الدُّوَلُ‎ ad-duwalu	دُوَلُ‎ duwalu
Accusative	دُوَلًا‎ duwalan	الدُّوَلَ‎ ad-duwala	دُوَلَ‎ duwala
Genitive	دُوَلٍ‎ duwalin	الدُّوَلِ‎ ad-duwali	دُوَلِ‎ duwali

Derived terms

• دُوَيْلَة‎ (duwayla)

Descendants

• → Malay: daulat
• → Ottoman Turkish: دولت‎ (devlet)
  • Turkish: devlet
• → Persian: دولت‎ (dawlat)
  • → Assamese: দৌলত (doulot)
  • → Azerbaijani: dövlət
  • → Bengali: দৌলত (dōulot)
  • → Georgian: დოვლათი (dovlati)
  • → Gujarati: દોલત (dolat)

    → Gujarati: دولت (daulat) (Lisan ud-Dawat)

  • → Hindustani: daulat

    Hindi: दौलत

    Urdu: دَولَت‎

  • → Kannada: ದೌಲತ್ತು (daulattu)
  • → Kazakh: дәулет (däulet)
  • → Kyrgyz: дөөлөт (döölöt)
  • → Maithili: daulti

    Devanagari script: दौलति

    Tirhuta script: 𑒠𑒾𑒪𑒞𑒱

  • → Malayalam: ദൌലത്ത് (daulattŭ)
  • → Marathi: दौलत (daulat)
  • → Marwari: दौलत (daulat)
  • → Nepali: दौलत (daulat)
  • → Oriya: ଦୌଲତ (dôulôtô)
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਦੌਲਤ (daulat)

    Shahmukhi script: دَولَت‎ (daulat)

  • → Sindhi:

    Arabic script: دَوْلَتَ‎

    Devanagari script: दौलत

  • → Telugu: దౌలత్తు (daulattu)
  • → Turkmen: döwlet
  • → Uzbek: davlat
• → Uyghur: دۆلەت‎ (dölet)
• → Middle Armenian: դովլաթ (dovlatʿ)
  • Armenian: դովլաթ (dovlatʿ)

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]

• Audio (Ramallah)

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Noun

دولة • (dōle) f (plural دول‎ (duwal))

1. country, state

   Synonyms: بلد‎ (balad), بلاد‎ (blād)