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دوانة

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Chadian Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Beja duwaan (“vessel for storing liquids”), from Arabic جُوَن (juwan), the plural form of جَوْنَة (jawna, “receptacle for bottles”). Cognate with Sudanese Arabic دوانة (duwāna).

Pronunciation edit

  • Audio (N'Djamena)(file)

Noun edit

دوانة • (duwāne) f (plural دواين (dawāyin))

  1. large water pot

References edit

  • Judith Heath, compiler (2016), Chadian Arabic - English Lexicon‎[1], N'Djamena, Chad: Association SIL, page 52
  • Leo Reinisch (1895) Wörterbuch der Beḍauye-Sprache‎[2] (in German), Wien, Austria, page 72
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