दावत

Hindi

Etymology

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Arabic دَعَا (daʕā)

Arabic دَعْوَة (daʕwa)bor.

Classical Persian دَعْوَت (da'wat)bor.

Hindi दावत

Borrowed from Classical Persian دَعْوَت (da'wat), borrowed from Arabic دَعْوَة (daʕwa), from دَعَا (daʕā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪ɑː.ʋət̪/, [d̪äː.ʋɐt̪]

Noun

दावत • (dāvat) f (Urdu spelling دعوت)

1. party, feast, banquet

   Synonym: पार्टी (pārṭī)

2. invitation

   Synonyms: न्योता (nyotā), निमंत्रण (nimantraṇ)

3. invocation (of spirits), exorcism

Declension

Declension of दावत (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दावत dāvat	दावतें dāvatẽ
oblique	दावत dāvat	दावतों dāvatõ
vocative	दावत dāvat	दावतो dāvato