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da`uī(fr. the above), s.f. = A دعوي da`wạ̄(fr. viii of دعو 'to seek,' etc.), s.m. Pretension, claim; demand, suit; plaint, action at law, lawsuit; charge, accusation; contention, assertion:—da`wā ḵẖārij karnā(-kā), To dismiss a claim or suit:—da`we-dār (P. da`wī-dār), s.m. A pretender;a claimant, suitor, plaintiff:—da`wākarnā(with gen. of thing, and loc., -par, of person onwhom claim is made), To lay claim (to), to claim, make a claim (on, -par, for, -kā), to sue; to make pretensions (to), to pretend, assert, profess.
Origin: Persian