دَعْوَةٍ requests in Arabic
دَعْوَةٍ is how you say “requests” in Arabic.
Root د ع و d-ʿ-w. noun (verbal noun / noun of a single instance, from دَعَا). daʿwah.
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Meaning of requests in Arabic
- an invitation, especially to a meal or gathering attested in daʿawtu n-nāsa, 'I invited people to eat with me, or at my abode'
- a call, or summons
- a request, or petition reflects the root's core sense of seeking, desiring, or demanding
Example sentence
هُوَ يسْعد صَاحبه وَيدخل الْجنَّة لَا محَالة لَهُ من دَعْوَة مجابة
It brings happiness to its holder and he will enter Paradise without a doubt, and he will have a supplication that is answered.
دَعْوَةٍ supplication
Genitive after 'min', with its ending marking it indefinite — 'a supplication'. It is the thing he is promised to have.
The English is machine-translated.
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How it is used
Attested in classical usage as the noun for a single act of calling or inviting — most concretely an invitation to eat — alongside the broader verbal noun دُعَاء, which covers calling, supplicating, and requesting more generally.
Words from the same root
- دَعَوْتُ I called, summoned, or prayed/petitioned (form I verb)
- دُعَآءٌ the act of calling, asking, or praying; a supplication
- دَعْوَى an alternate verbal noun for 'to pray to God', marked feminine
- مُدَاعَاةٌ proposing riddles to someone, or wearying them with repeated requests (form III)
- دَاعِيَةٌ milk left remaining in the udder; also functions as an abstract verbal noun
Common questions
- How do you say "requests" in Arabic?
- دَعْوَة (daʿwah) — though its core sense in Lane's is 'an invitation' or 'a call', with 'request' reflecting the shared root meaning of asking or seeking.
- What is the difference between دَعْوَة and دُعَاء؟
- دُعَاء is the general verbal noun for calling, praying, or asking; دَعْوَة denotes a single instance of that act, such as one specific invitation (e.g., to a meal).
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).