Urdu Dictionary

دوات dawāt for A. دواة, fr. دوي; see dawā

P دوات dawāt (for A. دواة, fr. دوي; see dawā), s.f. An ink-holder, inkstand; an inkhorn, a portable case with receptacles for ink and writing-reeds, &c.;—ink:—dawāt-ćalānī, s.f. The style with which the cloth or wool in an (Eastern) ink-bottle is stirred.

دعوات daʻwāt

A دعوات daʻwāt, s.f. pl. (of daʻwat), Prayers, benedictions; convocations, invitations, &c.

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).