# دعا
## Arabic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /da.ʕaː/

### Verb

دَعَا • (daʕā) I (non-past يَدْعُو (yadʕū), verbal noun دُعَاء (duʕāʔ) or دَعْوَة (daʕwa))
* to call
* to invite, to summon
* to call up
* to call upon, to appeal to, to urge
    ويُصِرُّ العَالِم أيضًا أن الإسلام يدعو المؤمنين إلى الرحمة بالآخرين.The scholar also insists that Islam calls on believers to be merciful to others.
* to challenge, to induce
* to pray, to invoke God, to supplicate

#### Descendants

* Maltese: dagħa
* → Swahili: dai

#### References

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “دعا”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic دَعَا (daʕā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /da.ʕa/

### Verb

دعا • (daʕa) I (non-past يدعي (yidʕi))
* to pray (verbally)
    ادعي إنه تكون درجتك كويسةadʕi innu tikūn darajatak kuwaysapray that your grade is good

#### Conjugation
## Moroccan Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic دَعَا (daʕā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dʕa/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

دعا • (dʕa) I (non-past يدعي (yidʕi))
* to call upon God, to pray
** to curse
* to sue (to file a legal action)
    دعاوني فالمحكمة على قبل مضاربة السيمانة الفايتة.dʕāwni f-el-maḥkama ʕla qibal mḍārbat es-simāna l-fāytaThey sued me in court for last week's fight.

#### Conjugation

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## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دُعَاء (duʕāʔ, “prayer, invocation”).

### Noun

دعا • (duʼâ) (definite accusative دعای (duʼâyı), plural ادعیه (edʼiye))
* prayer, orison, precation, an act of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual entity
    Synonym: نماز (namâz)
* invocation, supplication, the act of calling for the assistance or presence of a superior being
    Synonym: نیاز (niyâz)
* blessing, benediction, grace, a favour, help, or reward from God or another supernatural source
    Synonyms: بركت (bereket), خیر دعا (hayr duʼâ)

#### Derived terms

* بد دعا (bed duʼâ, “malediction, curse”)
* خیر دعا (hayr duʼâ, “benediction, blessing”)
* دعا ایتمك (duʼâ etmek, “to pray”)
* دعاجی (duʼâcı, “one who prays to God”)
* دعاخوان (duʼâhân, “one who leads the congregation in prayer”)
* دعاسنی آلمق (duʼâsını almak, “to receive a blessing”)
* دعاگو (duʼâgü, “one who prays to God”)
* دعای ماثور (duʼâ-yı mesur, “a traditional prayer”)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: dua
* → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: дова
    Latin script: dova

### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “dua”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1298
* Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “duâ'”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 225
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “دعا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 573
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Precatio”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 1356
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “دعا”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 2086
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “dua”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دعا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 904

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic دُعَاء (duʕāʔ).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [du.ˈʔɑː]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d̪o̞.ʔɑ́ː], [d̪ʊ.wɑ́ː]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d̪o̞.ʔɑ́ː], [d̪ʊ.wɑ́ː]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [d̪ʊ.wɑ́ː]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [d̪u.wɔ́ː]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [d̪o.ʔɒ́ː]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [d̪u.ʔɔ́]

### Noun

دعا • (do'â)
* prayer
* blessing
* benediction

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دُعَا (du'ā), borrowed from Arabic دُعَاء (duʕāʔ), from دَعَا (daʕā). First attested in c. 1564 as Middle Hindi دعا (du'ā)ِ,

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /d̪ʊ.(ʔ)ɑː/
* Audio (Pakistan):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑː
* Hyphenation: دُ‧عا

### Noun

دُعا • (du'ā) f (formal plural اَدْعِیَہ (ad'iya), Hindi spelling दुआ)
* (religion) prayer, supplication
    Antonyms: بَدْدُعَا (baddu'ā, “curse”), لَعَنَت (la'anat)
    آپ کی دُعا ― āp kī du'ā ― It's your prayer (it's thanks to you); I'm fine, thanks
* (by extension, Islam) the prayers in the Qur'an
* blessing (ie. benediction)
* hope, wish
    Synonym: خْواہِش (xāhiś)
* a formulaic phrase of good hope used in letters

#### Declension
### Proper noun

دُعا • (du'ā) f (Hindi spelling दुआ)
* a female given name from Arabic

### References

* ↑ “دعا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

### Further reading

* “دعا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
* Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “دعا”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]