dova

See also: döva

Istro-Romanian

Etymology

Compare Romanian doua.

Adjective

dova f (masculine doile)

1. second

Salar

Alternative forms

• dua
• duva

Etymology

Cognate with Turkish dua.

Pronunciation

• (Jiezi, Gaizi, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [tovɑ]
• (Baizhuang, Xunhua, Qinghai) IPA^(key): [tuɑ]
• (Ili, Yining, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): [towɑ]

Noun

dova

1. pray
2. incantation

References

• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “dua”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká, Moscow, page 321
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “dowa”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 81
• 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “dovu”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究, 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 109
• Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “duva”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 95
• 林莲云 (1985) “dua”, in 撒拉语简志‎, Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 127

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish دعا (du'â), from Arabic دُعَاء (duʕāʔ).

Noun

dova f (Cyrillic spelling дова)

1. (Islam) prayer

   Synonym: mòlitva

Swedish

Adjective

dova

1. inflection of dov:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural