دواء - Medicine For example: "خد الدواء (Take the medicine) - Khod el dawa"

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Dawa is a slang term from Egypt. It is part of the rich slang vocabulary used in Egypt and across Africa.

Dawa

🇪🇬 Egypt Slang

Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition

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Dawa — definition 1

دواء - Medicine

"خد الدواء (Take the medicine) - Khod el dawa"

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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Dawa 🇰🇲 Comoros

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Dawa is part of the everyday slang used in Egypt. Egypt slang draws from local languages, history, and street culture to create an expressive voice that is uniquely its own. KASINARY has 1566 Egypt slang words collected from native speakers.

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