دولة

See also: دولت

Arabic

Etymology

From the 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), տէվլէթ (devlet) — Armeno-Turkish
  • Turkish: devlet
  • → Albanian: dovlet, daulet
  • → Greek: δοβλέτι (dovléti), ντοβλέτι (ntovléti)
  • → Romanian: devlet
  • → Serbo-Croatian: dèvlet／дѐвлет
• → Persian: دولت (daulat)
  • → Assamese: দৌলত (doulot)
  • → Azerbaijani: dövlət
  • → Bengali: দৌলত (dōulot)
  • → Georgian: დოვლათი (dovlati)
  • → Gujarati: દોલત (dolat)

    Gujarati: دولت (daulat) — Lisan ud-Dawat

  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: दौलत (daulat)

    Urdu: دَولَت (daulat)

  • → 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)
  • → Odia: ଦୌଲତ (daulata)
  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਦੌਲਤ (daulat)

    Shahmukhi script: دَولَت (daulat)

  • → Sindhi:

    Arabic script: دَوْلَتَ

    Devanagari script: दौलत

  • → Tamil: தௌலத்து (taulattu), தௌலத் (taulat)
  • → Tatar: дәүләт (däwlät)
  • → Telugu: దౌలత్తు (daulattu)
  • → Turkmen: döwlet
  • → Uzbek: davlat
• → 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

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South Levantine Arabic

Root
د و ل
1 term

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)