كوة

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Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic כותא / ܟܘܬܐ (kawwǝṯā).

Pronunciation

Noun

كُوَّة or كَوَّة (kuwwa or kawwaf (plural كُوًى (kuwan) or كِوَاء (kiwāʔ))

  1. hatch, scuttle, loophole, peephole
    Synonyms: خَوْخَة (ḵawḵa), وَصْوَص (waṣwaṣ), وَصْْوَاص (waṣwāṣ), مَنْوَر (manwar)

Declension

References

  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 13
  • Zimmern, Heinrich (1915) Akkadische Fremdwörter als Beweis für babylonischen Kultureinfluss (in German), Leipzig: A. Edelmann, page 32