کوا
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Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Hindi کَوا (kau(v)ā /kvā/) (c. 1609),[1] from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀸𑀬 (kāya), from Sanskrit काक (kā́ka).[2] Compare Kashmiri کاو (kāv), Punjabi کاں (kāṉ) and کَن٘و (kaṉv), Sindhi ڪَان (kā̃) and ڪَاءُن (kā̃ũ), Shina کاں (kā̃), Bengali কাউয়া (kauẏa). Doublet of کاگ (kāg).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /kəʋ.ʋɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
Noun
کَوَّا • (kavvā) m (Hindi spelling कौआ or कौवा)
Declension
| Declension of کوا | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| direct | کَوّا (kavvā) | کَوّے (kavve) | ||||||
| oblique | کَوّے (kavve) | کَوّوں (kavvõ) | ||||||
| vocative | کَوّے (kavve) | کَوّو (kavvo) | ||||||
References
Further reading
More information
- “کوا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “کوا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “کوا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “کوا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 953
- John Shakespear (1834) “کوا”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC