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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian دوات (dawāt), from Arabic دَوَاة (dawāh). Compare Gujarati દવાત (davāt), Marathi दौत (daut), Punjabi ਦਵਾਤ (davāt) / دوات (doāt), Assamese দোৱাত (düat).
Pronunciation
Noun
दवात • (davāt) f (Urdu spelling دَوات)
- inkwell, inkpot
- Synonym: मसिपात्र (masipātra)
Declension
Declension of दवात (fem cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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दवात
davāt
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दवातें
davātẽ
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| oblique
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दवात
davāt
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दवातों
davātõ
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| vocative
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दवात
davāt
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दवातो
davāto
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Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “दवात”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2231
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “दवात”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 308
- Platts, John T. (1884) “dawāt”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 530
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दवात”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 484
- “दवात”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
Marwari
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian دَوَات (dawāt), from Arabic دَوَاة (dawāh).
Noun
दवात (davāt) f
- inkwell, inkpot
Further reading
- “दवात”, in Marwari Dictionary, SIL International, 2015
- “दवात”, in राजस्थानी सबदकोस [rājasthānī sabadkos], charans.org, 2025
- Lalas, Sitaram (2013) “दवात”, in राजस्थानी सबद कोस: राजस्थानी-हिन्दी वृहद् कोश [rājasthānī sabad kos: rājasthānī-hindī vŕhad koś] (in Hindi), 2nd edition, Jodhpur: चौपासनी शिक्षा समिती [caupāsnī śikṣā samitī].