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dawah

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables
dawah
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Islamic proselytism, particularly through preaching

Uncountable

Etymology

From Arabic دَعْوَة (daʕwa, “call to action; invitation”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: دَعْوَة, د ع و

Usage

Inflected Forms

da'wa (alternative) da'wah (alternative) dakwah (alternative)

Synonyms

da'wah

Questions

What does dawah mean?
Islamic proselytism, particularly through preaching
Where does dawah come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

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