दवात

Hindi

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

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /d̪ə.ʋɑːt̪/, [d̪ɐ.ʋäːt̪]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːt̪

Noun

दवात • (davātf (Urdu spelling دَوات)

  1. inkwell, inkpot
    Synonym: मसिपात्र (masipātra)

Declension

Declension of दवात (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct दवात
davāt
दवातें
davātẽ
oblique दवात
davāt
दवातों
davātõ
vocative दवात
davāt
दवातो
davāto

Further reading

Marwari

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دَوَات (dawāt), from Arabic دَوَاة (dawāh).

Noun

दवात (davātf

  1. inkwell, inkpot

Further reading

  • दवात”, in Marwari Dictionary, SIL International, 2015
  • दवात”, in राजस्थानी सबदकोस [rājasthānī sabadkos], charans.org, 2025
  • Lalas, Sitaram (2013) “दवात”, in राजस्थानी सबद कोस: राजस्थानी-हिन्दी वृहद् कोश [rājasthānī sabad kos: rājasthānī-hindī vŕhad koś] (in Hindi), 2nd edition, Jodhpur: चौपासनी शिक्षा समिती [caupāsnī śikṣā samitī].