سوا

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Bakhtiari

Etymology

Likely from Arabic صبح. Cognate with Southwestern Fars سوا.

Noun

سوا (sova)

  1. tomorrow
    سوا ایرم هونه
    sova eirom howne.
    Tomorrow I'll go home.

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic سواء. Compare also Arabic سويا.

Adverb

سوا • (sawa)

  1. (particularly Lebanon) together
    Synonym: مَعْ بَعْض (maʕ baʕḍ)
    ما فيكن تقعدو سوا بغرفة من دون ما تصَرّخو؟
    mā fīkun ti’‘dū sawā b-ḡirfe min dūn mā tṣarrḵū?
    Are you not able to be in a room together without screaming?
  2. (now uncommon) completely; wholly

Usage notes

  • Sense 2 is preserved in the set expression كلُّو سَوَا (kullo sawa, “all of it”) and other inflected forms.

Ottoman Turkish

سوا

Alternative forms

Etymology

According to Nishanyan, from Proto-Turkic *söbek (“mill or door pin”), from the same root of سوبو (söbü, “tapering, conical”).

Noun

سوا • (sıva, süva)

  1. doorframe, the frame into which a door is fitted
    Synonym: چرچوه (çerçeve)
  2. window frame, the framework around a window

Descendants

  • Turkish: söve
  • → Armenian: սօ̈վա̈ (sövä) — Akhaltsikhe

Further reading

South Levantine Arabic

Root
س و ي
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic سواء.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa.wa/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Adverb

سوا • (sawa)

  1. together (optionally preceded by مع (maʕ))
    Synonym: مع بعض (maʕ baʕḍ)

Southwestern Fars

Alternative forms

سبا (sabâ) صبا (sabâ)

Noun

سوا (savâ)

  1. (Masarm, Deh Sarv, Kuzarg) tomorrow
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