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وتت

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root pertains to the specific sound or cry made by a type of bird, the turtledove (warshān). It describes the act of making this sound and the sound itself.

Derived headwords

الوَتّnoun
  1. 1.
    turtledove's cryclassical

    The cry or vocalization made by the turtledove (warshān).

الوَتَةnoun
  1. 1.
    turtledove's cryclassical

    The cry or vocalization made by the turtledove (warshān).

أُوتِيَverb
  1. 1.
    to cry out (like a turtledove)classical

    The turtledove made its characteristic cry.

Parallel reading

الوَت والوَتَة صياح الورشان
The wut and the wutah are the cry of the turtledoves.
وأُوتِيَ إذا صاح صياح الورشان
And he cried out if he made the cry of the turtledoves.