The word "dhawa" is a spelling that comes from the Devanagari script, which is commonly used for several writing systems in South Asia including Hindi, Marathi, and Nepali. In IPA phonetic transcription, the word is pronounced [d̪ʱəʋə], with the first sound being a voiced dental aspirated stop, followed by a schwa vowel and a voiced labio-dental approximant. The spelling of this word can vary depending on the language and writing system being used, but it generally represents a sound similar to the English "w" sound.