دوانة

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Chadian Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Beja duwaan (“vessel for storing liquids”), from Arabic جُوَن (juwan), the plural form of جَوْنَة (jawna, “receptacle for bottles”). Cognate with Sudanese Arabic دوانة (duwāna).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (N'Djamena)(file)

Noun[edit]

دوانة • (duwāne) f (plural دواين (dawāyin))

  1. large water pot

References[edit]

  • Judith Heath, compiler (2016), Chadian Arabic - English Lexicon‎[1], N'Djamena, Chad: Association SIL, page 52
  • Leo Reinisch (1895) Wörterbuch der Beḍauye-Sprache‎[2] (in German), Wien, Austria, page 72
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