Urdu Dictionary

دعوت daʻwat for A. دعوة, inf. n. of un. fr. دعو 'to pray, to call,' c.

P دعوت daʻwat (for A. دعوة, inf. n. of un. fr. دعو 'to pray, to call,' &c.), s.f. A prayer, benediction; a call, invitation, convocation, call or invitation to Mohammadanism; invitation to a repast or feast; fare, repast, feast, banquet; invocation (of spirits), exorcism;—pretension, claim:—daʻwat denā = daʻwat karnā, q.v.:—daʻwat-ě-samarqand, s.f. 'Feast of Samarcand'; a feast one day and a fast the next:—daʻwat-ě-Shīrāz, s.f. 'Fare of Shīrāz'; simple fare, a plain repast:—daʻwat qubūl karnā (-kī), To accept an invitation to a feast:—daʻwat karnā

(-kī), To give a feast; to mvite:—daʻwat-meṅ jānā, v.n. To go to a feast:—daʻwat-ě-walīma, s.f. A marriage feast (=walīma).