دوات

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• دویت (divit)

Etymology

From Persian دوات (davât), from Arabic دَوَاة (dawāh).

Noun

دوات • (devat)

1. inkwell; pen case

Descendants

• Turkish: divit

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “devât”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 214
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “دوات”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دوات”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 917

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَوَاة (dawāh).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [da.ˈwɑːt]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.wɑ́ːt̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.wɑ́ːt̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.wɑ́ːt̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.wɔ́ːt̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪æ.vɒ́ːt̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.vɔ́t̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	dawāt
Dari reading?	dawāt
Iranian reading?	davât
Tajik reading?	davot

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

دوات • (davât) (plural دوات‌ها (davât-hâ))

1. inkwell

Synonyms

• مرکبدان (morakkabdân)
  

Descendants

• → Assamese: দোৱাত (düat)
• → Hindustani:

  → Hindi: दवात (davāt)

  → Urdu: دوات (davāt)

• → Ottoman Turkish: دوات (devat), دویت (divit)
  • Turkish: divit
• → Punjabi: دوات (davāt)

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دوات (dawāt), from Arabic دَوَاة (dawāh). Compare Urdu دوات (davāt), Gujarati દવાત (davāt), Marathi दौत (daut), Assamese দোৱাত (düat).

Noun

دَوَات • (davāt) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਦਵਾਤ)

1. inkwell

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دوات (dawāt), from Arabic دَوَاة (dawāh). Compare Gujarati દવાત (davāt), Marathi दौत (daut), Punjabi ਦਵਾਤ (davāt) / دوات (doāt), Assamese দোৱাত (düat).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ə.ʋɑːt̪/

Noun

دوات • (davāt) f (Hindi spelling दवात)

1. ink-holder, inkstand; an inkhorn
2. a portable case with receptacles for ink and writing-reeds
3. The style with which the cloth or wool in an (Eastern) inkbottle is stirred.