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Where does “دوي” come from?

دوي (Arabic) comes from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

دوي (Arabic): verbal noun of دَوَى; someone, somebody; hum,...

Definitions

  1. verbal noun of دَوَى; someone, somebody; hum,...

Ancestry of “دوي”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
2PersianیاAPI •; or; either
3Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}
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