دعوت

da`wat (for A. دعوة , inf. n. of un. fr. دعو 'to pray, to call,' etc.), s.f. A prayer, benediction; a call, invitation, convocation, call or invitation to Mohammadanism; invitation to a repast or feast; fare, repast, feast, banquet; invocation (of spirits), exorcism;—pretension, claim:—da`wat denā= da`wat karnā, q.v.:—da`wat-ě-samarqand, s.f. 'Feast of Samarcand'; a feast one day and a fast the next:—da`wat-ě-Shīrāz, s.f. 'Fare of Shīrāz'; simple fare, a plain repast:—da`wat qubūl karnā(-kī), To accept an invitation to a feast:—da`wat karnā(-kī), To give a feast; to mvite:—da`wat-meṅjānā, v.n. To go to a feast:—da`wat-ě-walīma, s.f. A marriage feast (=walīma).