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dua

dua

See also: duă, dứa, dừa, dưa, du'a, du'a', dựa, đua, đũa, đưa, and đùa

English

Noun

dua (plural duas)

  1. (Islam) An Islamic invocation

Albanian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdua]

Etymology 1

From Old Albanian duo, from either:

Verb

dua (first-person singular past tense desha, participle dashur)

  1. I want
  2. I love
Conjugation

Usage notes

  • dua - I love you

Derived terms

References

  1. Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary, s.v. "dua ~ due" (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 77-8.
  2. Bardhyl Demiraj, Albanische Etymologien (Amsterdam: Rodopoi, 1997), 149.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *dēma, from Proto-Indo-European *deh1-mn, from the root *dh1 'band'. Cognate to Ancient Greek -δημα (-dēma, band) and Sanskrit दमान् (dā́man-, band).

Noun

dua m

  1. sheaf

Banjarese

Banjarese cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3  > 
    Cardinal : dua

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *dua, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Numeral

dua

  1. (cardinal) two

Breton

Verb

dua

  1. to blacken

Buginese

Etymology

From Proto-South Sulawesi *dua, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Alternative forms

Numeral

dua (Lontara spelling ᨉᨘᨕ)

  1. (cardinal) two

Central Melanau

Central Melanau cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3  > 
    Cardinal : dua

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Numeral

dua

  1. (cardinal) two

Crimean Tatar

Noun

dua

  1. prayer

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

Esperanto

Esperanto ordinal numbers
 <  1-a 2-a 3-a  > 
    Cardinal : du
    Ordinal : dua
    Adverbial : due
    Multiplier : duobla

Etymology

From du with the adjective ending -a.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dua (accusative singular duan, plural duaj, accusative plural duajn)

  1. (ordinal) second

Abbreviations


Fijian

Numeral

dua (^)

  1. (cardinal) one

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Numeral

dua

  1. (cardinal) two

Indonesian

Indonesian cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3  > 
    Cardinal : dua

Etymology

From Malay dua, from Proto-Malayic *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *dua, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Numeral

dua

  1. (cardinal) two

Synonyms


Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [d̪ˠuə]

Noun

dua m (genitive singular dua)

  1. toil

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
dua dhua ndua
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Kurdish

Noun

dua f

  1. prayer (the specific words or methods used for praying)


This Kurdish entry was created from the translations listed at prayer. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see dua in the Kurdish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) June 2008


Malay

Malay cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3  > 
    Cardinal : dua

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *dua, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Numeral

dua (Jawi spelling دوا)

  1. (cardinal) two

Synonyms

Derived terms


Old Frisian

Verb

duā, dūa

  1. Alternative spelling of dwā

Swedish

Etymology

du + -a

Verb

dua (present duar, preterite duade, supine duat, imperative dua)

  1. to choose to use the more informal word du as the second person, singular nominative pronoun to someone.

Conjugation

Antonyms


Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic دُعَاء (duʿāʾ).

Noun

dua (definite accusative duayı, plural dualar)

  1. prayer

Declension


Uma

Etymology

From Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *dua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duSa.

Numeral

dua

  1. (cardinal) two