Urdu Dictionary

توا तवा tawā, vulg. tawwā

H توا तवा tawā, vulg. tawwā [S. तापकः; cf. tāwā, & the P. tāba], s.m. An iron plate or pan on which break-cakes are baked, a griddle; a frying-pan; the small plate or shard in a ćilam on which the tobacco is placed; a shard placed over the tobacco in the ćilam; a leaden pan let down into a well to cool the water, or to check excessive flow;—bottom, or bed (of a river, &c.); layer, stratum; an iron mirror:—tawe-par kī būṅd, s.f. lit. 'A drop of water from off a baking-pan'; anything trifling or insignificant, a mere trifle; a transient or fleeting thing:—tawe-kā haṅsnā, s.m. The falling of sparks from a tawā (regarded as a good omen):—ulṭā tawā, adj. lit. 'An inverted tawā'; coal-black, jet-black.