Where does “مكواي” come from?

مكواي (South Levantine Arabic) comes from Arabic مكواة, from Arabic كَوَى, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

مكواي (South Levantine Arabic): iron tool for pressing clothes

Definitions

  1. iron tool for pressing clothes

Ancestry of “مكواي”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicمكواةiron
2Arabicكَوَىto iron
3Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
4PersianیاAPI •; or; either
5Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}
Every word from Arabic يَا →Every word from Persian یا →Every word from Arabic و →