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
  • Armenian: տիվիթ (tivitʻ)

References

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دَوَاة (dawāh).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? dawāt
Dari reading? dawāt
Iranian reading? davât
Tajik reading? davot
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

دوات • (davât) (plural دوات‌ها)

  1. inkwell

Synonyms

  • مرکبدان (morakkabdân)

Descendants

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 • (davātf (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

Noun

دَوات • (davātf (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.

Declension

Declension of دوات
singular plural
direct دَوات (davāt) دَواتیں (davātẽ)
oblique دَوات (davāt) دَواتوں (davātõ)
vocative دَوات (davāt) دَواتو (davāto)

Further reading

  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “دوات”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 316
  • دوات”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.