دور

See also: د و ر‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root د و ر‎ (d-w-r).

Verb

دَوَّرَ • (dawwara) II, non-past يُدَوِّرُ‎‎ (yudawwiru)

1. (transitive) to turn in a circle, to spin, to whirl, to revolve, to rotate
2. (transitive) to turn into a circle, to make round
3. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) to look for something, to search (to look around for something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of

دَوَّرَ

(form-II sound)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَدْوِير‎ tadwīr
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُدَوِّر‎ mudawwir
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُدَوَّر‎ mudawwar
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	دَوَّرْتُ‎ dawwartu	دَوَّرْتَ‎ dawwarta	دَوَّرَ dawwara		دَوَّرْتُمَا‎ dawwartumā	دَوَّرَا‎ dawwarā		دَوَّرْنَا‎ dawwarnā	دَوَّرْتُمْ‎ dawwartum	دَوَّرُوا‎ dawwarū
	f		دَوَّرْتِ‎ dawwarti	دَوَّرَتْ‎ dawwarat			دَوَّرَتَا‎ dawwaratā			دَوَّرْتُنَّ‎ dawwartunna	دَوَّرْنَ‎ dawwarna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع	m	أُدَوِّرُ‎ ʾudawwiru	تُدَوِّرُ‎ tudawwiru	يُدَوِّرُ‎ yudawwiru		تُدَوِّرَانِ‎ tudawwirāni	يُدَوِّرَانِ‎ yudawwirāni		نُدَوِّرُ‎ nudawwiru	تُدَوِّرُونَ‎ tudawwirūna	يُدَوِّرُونَ‎ yudawwirūna
	f		تُدَوِّرِينَ‎ tudawwirīna	تُدَوِّرُ‎ tudawwiru			تُدَوِّرَانِ‎ tudawwirāni			تُدَوِّرْنَ‎ tudawwirna	يُدَوِّرْنَ‎ yudawwirna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُدَوِّرَ‎ ʾudawwira	تُدَوِّرَ‎ tudawwira	يُدَوِّرَ‎ yudawwira		تُدَوِّرَا‎ tudawwirā	يُدَوِّرَا‎ yudawwirā		نُدَوِّرَ‎ nudawwira	تُدَوِّرُوا‎ tudawwirū	يُدَوِّرُوا‎ yudawwirū
	f		تُدَوِّرِي‎ tudawwirī	تُدَوِّرَ‎ tudawwira			تُدَوِّرَا‎ tudawwirā			تُدَوِّرْنَ‎ tudawwirna	يُدَوِّرْنَ‎ yudawwirna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُدَوِّرْ‎ ʾudawwir	تُدَوِّرْ‎ tudawwir	يُدَوِّرْ‎ yudawwir		تُدَوِّرَا‎ tudawwirā	يُدَوِّرَا‎ yudawwirā		نُدَوِّرْ‎ nudawwir	تُدَوِّرُوا‎ tudawwirū	يُدَوِّرُوا‎ yudawwirū
	f		تُدَوِّرِي‎ tudawwirī	تُدَوِّرْ‎ tudawwir			تُدَوِّرَا‎ tudawwirā			تُدَوِّرْنَ‎ tudawwirna	يُدَوِّرْنَ‎ yudawwirna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		دَوِّرْ dawwir			دَوِّرَا‎ dawwirā				دَوِّرُوا‎ dawwirū
	f		دَوِّرِي‎ dawwirī							دَوِّرْنَ‎ dawwirna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	دُوِّرْتُ‎ duwwirtu	دُوِّرْتَ‎ duwwirta	دُوِّرَ duwwira		دُوِّرْتُمَا‎ duwwirtumā	دُوِّرَا‎ duwwirā		دُوِّرْنَا‎ duwwirnā	دُوِّرْتُمْ‎ duwwirtum	دُوِّرُوا‎ duwwirū
	f		دُوِّرْتِ‎ duwwirti	دُوِّرَتْ‎ duwwirat			دُوِّرَتَا‎ duwwiratā			دُوِّرْتُنَّ‎ duwwirtunna	دُوِّرْنَ‎ duwwirna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع	m	أُدَوَّرُ‎ ʾudawwaru	تُدَوَّرُ‎ tudawwaru	يُدَوَّرُ‎ yudawwaru		تُدَوَّرَانِ‎ tudawwarāni	يُدَوَّرَانِ‎ yudawwarāni		نُدَوَّرُ‎ nudawwaru	تُدَوَّرُونَ‎ tudawwarūna	يُدَوَّرُونَ‎ yudawwarūna
	f		تُدَوَّرِينَ‎ tudawwarīna	تُدَوَّرُ‎ tudawwaru			تُدَوَّرَانِ‎ tudawwarāni			تُدَوَّرْنَ‎ tudawwarna	يُدَوَّرْنَ‎ yudawwarna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُدَوَّرَ‎ ʾudawwara	تُدَوَّرَ‎ tudawwara	يُدَوَّرَ‎ yudawwara		تُدَوَّرَا‎ tudawwarā	يُدَوَّرَا‎ yudawwarā		نُدَوَّرَ‎ nudawwara	تُدَوَّرُوا‎ tudawwarū	يُدَوَّرُوا‎ yudawwarū
	f		تُدَوَّرِي‎ tudawwarī	تُدَوَّرَ‎ tudawwara			تُدَوَّرَا‎ tudawwarā			تُدَوَّرْنَ‎ tudawwarna	يُدَوَّرْنَ‎ yudawwarna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُدَوَّرْ‎ ʾudawwar	تُدَوَّرْ‎ tudawwar	يُدَوَّرْ‎ yudawwar		تُدَوَّرَا‎ tudawwarā	يُدَوَّرَا‎ yudawwarā		نُدَوَّرْ‎ nudawwar	تُدَوَّرُوا‎ tudawwarū	يُدَوَّرُوا‎ yudawwarū
	f		تُدَوَّرِي‎ tudawwarī	تُدَوَّرْ‎ tudawwar			تُدَوَّرَا‎ tudawwarā			تُدَوَّرْنَ‎ tudawwarna	يُدَوَّرْنَ‎ yudawwarna

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “دور”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, pages 344

Etymology 2

Noun

دَوْر • (dawr) m (plural أَدْوَار‎ (ʾadwār))

1. verbal noun of دَارَ‎ (dāra) (form I)
2. role
3. turn
4. rotation
5. circle, cycle
6. vicissitude
7. age, period, epoch
8. roundabout way
9. fit of fever
10. floor, story
11. the world

Declension

Declension of noun دَوْر (dawr)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَوْر dawr	الدَّوْر‎ ad-dawr	دَوْر dawr
Nominative	دَوْرٌ dawrun	الدَّوْرُ‎ ad-dawru	دَوْرُ dawru
Accusative	دَوْرًا‎ dawran	الدَّوْرَ‎ ad-dawra	دَوْرَ dawra
Genitive	دَوْرٍ dawrin	الدَّوْرِ‎ ad-dawri	دَوْرِ dawri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَوْرَيْن‎ dawrayn	الدَّوْرَيْن‎ ad-dawrayn	دَوْرَيْ‎ dawray
Nominative	دَوْرَانِ‎ dawrāni	الدَّوْرَانِ‎ ad-dawrāni	دَوْرَا‎ dawrā
Accusative	دَوْرَيْنِ‎ dawrayni	الدَّوْرَيْنِ‎ ad-dawrayni	دَوْرَيْ‎ dawray
Genitive	دَوْرَيْنِ‎ dawrayni	الدَّوْرَيْنِ‎ ad-dawrayni	دَوْرَيْ‎ dawray
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَدْوَار‎ ʾadwār	الْأَدْوَار‎ al-ʾadwār	أَدْوَار‎ ʾadwār
Nominative	أَدْوَارٌ‎ ʾadwārun	الْأَدْوَارُ‎ al-ʾadwāru	أَدْوَارُ‎ ʾadwāru
Accusative	أَدْوَارًا‎ ʾadwāran	الْأَدْوَارَ‎ al-ʾadwāra	أَدْوَارَ‎ ʾadwāra
Genitive	أَدْوَارٍ‎ ʾadwārin	الْأَدْوَارِ‎ al-ʾadwāri	أَدْوَارِ‎ ʾadwāri

Descendants

• → Persian: دور‎ (dowr)
• → Spanish: ador

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “دور”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 3

Noun

دُور • (dūr) f pl

1. plural of دَار‎ (dār)

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Egyptian Arabic

Noun

دور • (dawr) m, pl أدوار‎ (ʾadwār)

1. floor (“storey”)

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Persian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Iranian *duHráh (“far”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *duHrás (“far”), from Proto-Indo-European *duh₂-ró-s (“long, far”), from *dweh₂-. Cognate with Kurdish دوور‎ (dûr, “far, distant”), Pashto لرې‎ (lëre, “distant”), Sanskrit दूर (dūra, “distant, remote”), Avestan 𐬛𐬏𐬭𐬁𐬝‎ (dūrāt̰, “from afar”), Ancient Greek δηρός (dērós, “long”), Latin dūrus, Old Armenian երկար (erkar, “long, extended”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /duːɾ/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /duːɾ/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /duːɾ/

• (Tehrani): IPA^(key): /duːɾ/

• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /duɾ/

Adjective

Dari Persian	دور
Iranian Persian
Tajik	дур (dur)

دور • (dur)

1. far
2. distant

Adverb

دور • (dur)

1. away

Derived terms

• دوراندیش‎ (dur-andiš)
• دوربین‎ (dur-bin)
• دورگو‎ (dur-gu)
• دورنما‎ (dur-nomâ)
• دورنویس‎ (dur-nevis)
• دوری‎ (duri)

Etymology 2

From Arabic دَوْر‎ (dawr).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /dawɾ/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /dawɾ/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /dowɾ/

• (Tehrani): IPA^(key): /doːɾ/

• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /davɾ/

Noun

Dari Persian	دور
Iranian Persian
Tajik	давр (davr)

دور • (dowr) (plural ادوار‎ (advâr))

1. turn
2. cycle
3. circumference
4. period, era, time, age
5. revolution

Related terms

• دوره‎ (dowre)
• دوری‎ (dowri)

Descendants

• → Bashkir: дәүер (däwer)
• → Crimean Tatar: devir
• → Turkish: devir

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Southeast Pashayi

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit द्वार (dvāra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duːr/

Noun

دوّر (dūr)

1. door

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit धौरेय (dhaureya, “foremost”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doːr/

Noun

دور (dōr)

1. (anatomy) face

Further reading

• Abd-El-Malek Lamuwal; Adam Baker (2013), “Southeastern Pashayi”, in Journal of the International Phonetic Association, volume 43, Cambridge: International Phonetic Association, pages 243-246

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Urdu

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dūra-.

Adjective

دور • (dūr) (Hindi spelling दूर)

1. distant, remote

Adverb

دور • (dūr)  Hindi spelling: दूर (dūr)

1. far, far off

Etymology 2

From Arabic دَوْر‎ (dawr).

Noun

دور • (daur) m (Hindi spelling दौर)

1. period, era, age
2. stage, round, period

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “दूर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press