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دوا · دَوَاء — medicine, remedy

Same meaningCertainnoun · Body & health · everyday

Persian took the Arabic word and kept its meaning.

Arabic

دَوَاء
dawāʾ

/dawaːʔ/

In Arabic

medicine, remedy

Persian

دوا
davā

/dævɒ/

In Persian

medicine, remedy

Root
د و ي

Spelling. Persian drops the final hamza of Arabic -āʾ.

Sources: Dehkhoda · Moʻin · Wehr

Same root د و ي