The story
- Arabic · borrowed fromدُعَاء“supplication”
- English todaydu'a'
From Arabic دُعَاء (duʕāʔ, “supplication”), from دَعَا (daʕā, “to summon”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
du'a'
Today it means: A prayer; (specifically), a private prayer by an individual said in addition to the five daily prayers of Islam. Full definition →
Arabic دُعَاء