دواء

Arabic

Etymology

From the 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

Declension of noun دَوَاء (dawāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَوَاء dawāʔ	الدَّوَاء ad-dawāʔ	دَوَاء dawāʔ
Nominative	دَوَاءٌ dawāʔun	الدَّوَاءُ ad-dawāʔu	دَوَاءُ dawāʔu
Accusative	دَوَاءً dawāʔan	الدَّوَاءَ ad-dawāʔa	دَوَاءَ dawāʔa
Genitive	دَوَاءٍ dawāʔin	الدَّوَاءِ ad-dawāʔi	دَوَاءِ dawāʔi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَوَاءَيْن dawāʔayn	الدَّوَاءَيْن ad-dawāʔayn	دَوَاءَيْ dawāʔay
Nominative	دَوَاءَانِ dawāʔāni	الدَّوَاءَانِ ad-dawāʔāni	دَوَاءَا dawāʔā
Accusative	دَوَاءَيْنِ dawāʔayni	الدَّوَاءَيْنِ ad-dawāʔayni	دَوَاءَيْ dawāʔay
Genitive	دَوَاءَيْنِ dawāʔayni	الدَّوَاءَيْنِ ad-dawāʔayni	دَوَاءَيْ dawāʔay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَدْوِيَة ʔadwiya	الْأَدْوِيَة al-ʔadwiya	أَدْوِيَة ʔadwiyat
Nominative	أَدْوِيَةٌ ʔadwiyatun	الْأَدْوِيَةُ al-ʔadwiyatu	أَدْوِيَةُ ʔadwiyatu
Accusative	أَدْوِيَةً ʔadwiyatan	الْأَدْوِيَةَ al-ʔadwiyata	أَدْوِيَةَ ʔadwiyata
Genitive	أَدْوِيَةٍ ʔadwiyatin	الْأَدْوِيَةِ al-ʔadwiyati	أَدْوِيَةِ ʔadwiyati

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)):

• → Azerbaijani: ədviyyə
• → Persian: ادویه
• → Ottoman Turkish: ادویه (edviye)