Standard Lemma guide

du'a'

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈduː.ə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -uːə
  • homophone: Dua

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noun

Meaning 1

A prayer; (specifically), a private prayer by an individual said in addition to the five daily prayers of Islam.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: supplication

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Arabic دُعَاء (duʕāʔ, “supplication”), from دَعَا (daʕā, “to summon”).

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: duajë — (Islam) private prayer by an individual — see also prayer
  • Arabic: دُعَاء (duʕāʔ) — (Islam) private prayer by an individual — see also prayer
  • Assamese: দুআ (dua) — (Islam) private prayer by an individual — see also prayer
  • Azerbaijani: dua — (Islam) private prayer by an individual — see also prayer
  • Bashkir: доға (doğa) — (Islam) private prayer by an individual — see also prayer
  • Bengali: দোয়া (dōẇa) — (Islam) private prayer by an individual — see also prayer
  • Chinese: дўвар (dwvar) — (Islam) private prayer by an individual — see also prayer
  • Hausa: du'a'i — (Islam) private prayer by an individual — see also prayer
  • Hindi: दुआ (duā) — (Islam) private prayer by an individual — see also prayer
  • Indonesian: doa — (Islam) private prayer by an individual — see also prayer
  • Japanese: ドゥアー (duā) — (Islam) private prayer by an individual — see also prayer
  • Kazakh: дұға (dūğa) — (Islam) private prayer by an individual — see also prayer
  • Northern Kurdish: dua — (Islam) private prayer by an individual — see also prayer
  • Kyrgyz: дуба (duba) — (Islam) private prayer by an individual — see also prayer
  • Malay: doa — (Islam) private prayer by an individual — see also prayer
  • Pashto: دعا (do'ã) — (Islam) private prayer by an individual — see also prayer
  • Persian: دعا (do'â) — (Islam) private prayer by an individual — see also prayer
  • Punjabi: ਦੁਆ (duā) — (Islam) private prayer by an individual — see also prayer
  • Punjabi: دُعا (du'ā) — (Islam) private prayer by an individual — see also prayer
  • Serbo-Croatian: до́ва — (Islam) private prayer by an individual — see also prayer
  • Serbo-Croatian: dóva — (Islam) private prayer by an individual — see also prayer
  • Swahili: dua — (Islam) private prayer by an individual — see also prayer
  • Tajik: дуъо (du'o) — (Islam) private prayer by an individual — see also prayer
  • Tajik: дуо (duo) — (Islam) private prayer by an individual — see also prayer
  • Tamil: துஆ (tu’ā) — (Islam) private prayer by an individual — see also prayer
  • Tatar: дога (doğa) — (Islam) private prayer by an individual — see also prayer
  • Turkish: dua — (Islam) private prayer by an individual — see also prayer
  • Turkmen: doga — (Islam) private prayer by an individual — see also prayer
  • Urdu: دعا (du'ā) — (Islam) private prayer by an individual — see also prayer
  • Uyghur: دۇئا (du'a) — (Islam) private prayer by an individual — see also prayer
  • Uzbek: duo — (Islam) private prayer by an individual — see also prayer