دواج

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دواج (dawāj).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.waːd͡ʒ/, /du.waːd͡ʒ/, /duw.waːd͡ʒ/

Noun

دَوَاج or دُوَاج or دُوَّاج • (dawāj or duwāj or duwwāj) m

1. quilt, coverlet

   Synonym: لِحَاف (liḥāf)

   • 2018, ابراهيم ناصر, ظلال على شرفة المجهول - رواية, دار الخليج, →ISBN, page 248:

     تَأْخُذُ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ رَسَنَ ٱلْحِمَارِ مِنْ يَدِ ٱلدُّوَّاجِ وَتَرْبِطُهُ فِي أَحَدِ أَوْتَادِ ٱلْخَيْمَةِ، وَيَتَّجِهُ ٱلدُّوَّاجُ إِلَى ٱلْمَضَافَةِ فِي ٱلْخَيْمَةِ. تَغِيبُ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ وَتَعُودُ بِوِعَاءٍ فِيهِ لَبْنٌ مَخِيضٌ، وَوِعَاءٍ آخَرٍ فِيهِ ٱلْمَاءُ، تُنَاوِلُهُمَا لِلدُّوَّاجِ مُرَحِّبَةً بِهِ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى.

     taʔḵuḏu l-marʔatu rasana l-ḥimāri min yadi d-duwwāji watarbiṭuhu fī ʔaḥadi ʔawtādi l-ḵaymati, wayattajihu d-duwwāju ʔilā l-maḍāfati fī l-ḵaymati. taḡību l-marʔatu wataʕūdu biwiʕāʔin fīhi labnun maḵīḍun, wawiʕāʔin ʔāḵarin fīhi l-māʔu, tunāwiluhumā li-d-duwwāji muraḥḥibatan bihi marratan ʔuḵrā.

     The woman takes the leadingrope of the ass from the corner of the bedsheet and binds it around a pole of the tent, then conveys the bedsheet to the guestroom in the tent. She goes and returns with a vessel of buttermilk and another one of water, consuming them anent the bedsheet while bidding welcome another time.

Declension

Declension of noun دَوَاج (dawāj)‎; دُوَاج (duwāj)‎; دُوَّاج (duwwāj)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَوَاج‎; دُوَاج‎; دُوَّاج dawāj‎; duwāj‎; duwwāj	الدَّوَاج‎; الدُّوَاج‎; الدُّوَّاج ad-dawāj‎; ad-duwāj‎; ad-duwwāj	دَوَاج‎; دُوَاج‎; دُوَّاج dawāj‎; duwāj‎; duwwāj
Nominative	دَوَاجٌ‎; دُوَاجٌ‎; دُوَّاجٌ dawājun‎; duwājun‎; duwwājun	الدَّوَاجُ‎; الدُّوَاجُ‎; الدُّوَّاجُ ad-dawāju‎; ad-duwāju‎; ad-duwwāju	دَوَاجُ‎; دُوَاجُ‎; دُوَّاجُ dawāju‎; duwāju‎; duwwāju
Accusative	دَوَاجًا‎; دُوَاجًا‎; دُوَّاجًا dawājan‎; duwājan‎; duwwājan	الدَّوَاجَ‎; الدُّوَاجَ‎; الدُّوَّاجَ ad-dawāja‎; ad-duwāja‎; ad-duwwāja	دَوَاجَ‎; دُوَاجَ‎; دُوَّاجَ dawāja‎; duwāja‎; duwwāja
Genitive	دَوَاجٍ‎; دُوَاجٍ‎; دُوَّاجٍ dawājin‎; duwājin‎; duwwājin	الدَّوَاجِ‎; الدُّوَاجِ‎; الدُّوَّاجِ ad-dawāji‎; ad-duwāji‎; ad-duwwāji	دَوَاجِ‎; دُوَاجِ‎; دُوَّاجِ dawāji‎; duwāji‎; duwwāji

References

• Asbaghi, Asya (1988) Persische Lehnwörter im Arabischen‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 127

Persian

Etymology

A self-Arabicized form of دیبا (dêbâ, “brocade”) which went into Arabic as دِيبَاج (dībāj, “silk brocade; spruce decoration, brilliant fashion, beauty”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [da.wɑːd͡ʒ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.wɑːd͡ʒ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.wɑːd͡ʒ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.wɑːd͡ʒ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.wɔːd͡ʒ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪æ.vɒːd͡ʒ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪ä.vɔd͡ʒ]

Readings
Classical reading?	dawāj
Dari reading?	dawāj
Iranian reading?	davâj
Tajik reading?	davoj

Noun

دواج • (davâj)

1. stuffed bed-quilt, sheet, coverlet; or any nappy underlay or covering
2. a loose scarf or robe
3. joy, mirth; comforts of life

References

• Johnson, Francis (1852) “دواج”, in A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English, London: Wm. H. Allen and Co., page 583
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “دواج”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul, page 539
• Vullers, Johann August (1855) “دواج”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 916