دوانة

Chadian Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Beja duwaan (“vessel for storing liquids”), from Arabic جُوَن (juwan), the plural form of جَوْنَة (jawna, “receptacle for bottles”). Cognate with Sudanese Arabic دوانة (duwāna).

Pronunciation
  • Audio (N'Djamena)(file)

Noun

دوانة • (duwāne) f (plural دواين (dawāyin))

  1. large water pot

References
  • Judith Heath, compiler (2016), Chadian Arabic - English Lexicon‎, N'Djamena, Chad: Association SIL, page 52
  • Leo Reinisch (1895) Wörterbuch der Beḍauye-Sprache‎ (in German), Wien, Austria, page 72
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