"dawati" meaning in All languages combined

See dawati on Wiktionary

Noun [Swahili]

Audio: Sw-ke-dawati.flac [Kenya] Forms: madawati [class-vi, plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic دَوَاة (dawāh). Etymology templates: {{ety|sw|:bor|ar:دَوَاة<ref:<span class="cited-source">Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020), <cite>Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa</cite> (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; <span class="None" lang="und">145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, <small>→ISBN</small>, page 109 Nr. 968</span></span>>|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Arabic", "term" : "دَوَاة", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ar" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Swahili", "term" : "dawati", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "sw" }" data-lang="sw" data-title="dawati"> Borrowed from Arabic دَوَاة (dawāh). Head templates: {{sw-noun|ma}} dawati class V (plural madawati class VI)
  1. desk (table for writing and reading) Tags: class-v Synonyms: deski
    Sense id: en-dawati-sw-noun-fABFawIe Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Swahili entries referencing missing etymons, Swahili entries with etymology texts, Swahili entries with etymon, Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Furniture Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 83 17 Disambiguation of Swahili entries referencing missing etymons: 82 18 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with etymology texts: 84 16 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with etymon: 79 21 Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of Furniture: 62 38
  2. bureau Tags: class-v
    Sense id: en-dawati-sw-noun-IQdg-6gY

Verb [Yoruba]

IPA: /dà.wá.tì/ Forms: dàwátì [canonical]
Etymology: From di (“to become”) + àwátì (“something that is searched for unsuccessfully”). Etymology templates: {{compound|yo|di|àwátì|t1=to become|t2=something that is searched for unsuccessfully}} di (“to become”) + àwátì (“something that is searched for unsuccessfully”) Head templates: {{head|yo|verb|head=dàwátì|head2=}} dàwátì, {{yo-pos|verb|dàwátì}} dàwátì, {{yo-verb|dàwátì}} dàwátì
  1. to go missing; to disappear; to vanish
    Sense id: en-dawati-yo-verb-JRwuAZ9G Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Yoruba entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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        "text": "+",
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