دائرة

See also: دایره

Arabic

Etymology

From the root د و ر (d-w-r).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daː.ʔi.rah/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

دَائِرَة • (dāʔira) f (plural دَوَائِر (dawāʔir))

1. circle
2. office, department, bureaucratic division
3. county, daïra, a type of administrative division in Algeria, subdivision of a wilaya

Declension

Declension of noun دَائِرَة (dāʔira)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَائِرَة dāʔira	الدَّائِرَة ad-dāʔira	دَائِرَة dāʔirat
Nominative	دَائِرَةٌ dāʔiratun	الدَّائِرَةُ ad-dāʔiratu	دَائِرَةُ dāʔiratu
Accusative	دَائِرَةً dāʔiratan	الدَّائِرَةَ ad-dāʔirata	دَائِرَةَ dāʔirata
Genitive	دَائِرَةٍ dāʔiratin	الدَّائِرَةِ ad-dāʔirati	دَائِرَةِ dāʔirati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَائِرَتَيْن dāʔiratayn	الدَّائِرَتَيْن ad-dāʔiratayn	دَائِرَتَيْ dāʔiratay
Nominative	دَائِرَتَانِ dāʔiratāni	الدَّائِرَتَانِ ad-dāʔiratāni	دَائِرَتَا dāʔiratā
Accusative	دَائِرَتَيْنِ dāʔiratayni	الدَّائِرَتَيْنِ ad-dāʔiratayni	دَائِرَتَيْ dāʔiratay
Genitive	دَائِرَتَيْنِ dāʔiratayni	الدَّائِرَتَيْنِ ad-dāʔiratayni	دَائِرَتَيْ dāʔiratay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَوَائِر dawāʔir	الدَّوَائِر ad-dawāʔir	دَوَائِر dawāʔir
Nominative	دَوَائِرُ dawāʔiru	الدَّوَائِرُ ad-dawāʔiru	دَوَائِرُ dawāʔiru
Accusative	دَوَائِرَ dawāʔira	الدَّوَائِرَ ad-dawāʔira	دَوَائِرَ dawāʔira
Genitive	دَوَائِرَ dawāʔira	الدَّوَائِرِ ad-dawāʔiri	دَوَائِرِ dawāʔiri

Descendants

• → English: dayereh
• → Armenian: դահիրա (dahira)
• → Azerbaijani: dairə
• → Bashkir: даирә (dairə)
• → French: daïra
• → Indonesian: daerah
• → Ottoman Turkish: دائره
  • Turkish: daire
• → Serbo-Croatian: даи́ре, dàire

Further reading

• دائرة on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ar
• دوائر الجزائر on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ar