Root
3 verbs, 2 nouns
Root: د ع و
رَجَا الخَيْرَ وَابْتَهَلَ إِلَيْهِ، نَادَاهُ
پکارنا، دعا کرنا
To call out, to pray to, to invoke
Quranic witness · shāhid
هُنَالِكَ دَعَا زَكَرِيَّا رَبَّهُ“At that, Zechariah invoked his Lord, saying,“My Lord, grant me from Yourself a good offspring.”
Root: د ع و
رَغَّبَهُ فِيهِ وَطَلَبَهُ
بلانا، دعوت دینا
To call, to ask someone to come, to invite
Quranic witness · shāhid
وَيَا قَوْمِ مَا لِيَ أَدْعُوكُمْ إِلَى النَّجَاةِ وَتَدْعُونَنِي إِلَى النَّارِ“And O my people, how is it that I invite you to salvation while you invite me to the Fire?”
Root: د ع و
تَمَنَّاهُ وَطَلَبَهُ لِنَفْسِهِ
طلب کرنا، خواہش کرنا، دعویٰ کرنا
To claim, to desire, to call for
Quranic witness · shāhid
وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا مَا تَشْتَهِي أَنفُسُكُمْ وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا مَا تَدَّعُونَ“We were your allies in worldly life and [we are] in the Hereafter.”
Root: د ع و
جمع: أَدْعِيَةٌ
دعا
Prayer, supplication
Quranic witness · shāhid
إِنَّكَ سَمِيعُ الدُّعَاءِ“Indeed, You are the Hearer of supplication.”
Root: د ع و
جمع دَعِيّ: المُتَبَنَّى
منہ بولا بیٹا، لے پالک
Adopted sons, adoptees
Quranic witness · shāhid
وَمَا جَعَلَ أَدْعِيَاءَكُمْ أَبْنَاءَكُمْ“Allah has not made for a man two hearts in his interior. And He has not made your wives whom you declare unlawful your mothers. And He has not made your adopted sons your [true] sons.”