دور

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From the root د و ر(d-w-r).

Verb[edit]

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
Conjugation[edit]
References[edit]
  • 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[edit]

Noun[edit]

دَوْر (dawrm (plural أَدْوَار(ʔadwār))

  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[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Azerbaijani: dövr
  • Bashkir: дәүер (däwer)
  • Chagatai: دور
  • Crimean Tatar: devir
  • Hindustani:
  • Kazakh: дәуір (däuır)
  • Kyrgyz: доор (door)
  • Ottoman Turkish: دور(devr)
  • Persian: دور(dowr)
  • Spanish: ador
  • Turkmen: döwür
References[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

دُور (dūrf pl

  1. plural of دَار(dār)

Azerbaijani[edit]

Adjective[edit]

دور

  1. Arabic spelling of dur

Egyptian Arabic[edit]

Noun[edit]

دور (dawrm, pl أدوار(ʔadwār)

  1. floor (storey)

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic دَوْر(dawr).

Noun[edit]

دور (devr)

  1. a revolution, circuit, rotation
  2. a circumference or periphery
  3. a turn, twist, whorl
  4. a mode of turning or revolving
  5. a turn or circuit of duty or of action, a period of revolution of a heavenly body
  6. a vicious circle of reasoning
  7. a cycle, a period of time
Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Contraction of دورور(durur, it stands).

Phrase[edit]

دور (dur)

  1. (old or provincial by the 19th century) Alternative spelling of در(dur, it is)

Further reading[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Borrowed from Persian دور(dur).

Adjective[edit]

دور (dur)

  1. far, far off, distant
    Synonym: اوزاق(uzak)
  2. absent
  3. improbable, incredible

Further reading[edit]

Etymology 4[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic دُور(dūr), plural of دَار(dār).

Noun[edit]

دور (dur)

  1. houses
  2. countries, regions

Further reading[edit]

Persian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Iranian *duHráh (far), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *duHrás (far), from Proto-Indo-European *duh₂-ró-s (long, far), from *dweh₂-. Cognate with Central 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[edit]

Adjective[edit]

Dari دور
Iranian Persian
Tajik дур (dur)

دور (dur)

  1. far
  2. distant

Adverb[edit]

دور (dur)

  1. away
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Azerbaijani: dur
  • Ottoman Turkish: دور(dur)

Etymology 2[edit]

From Arabic دَوْر(dawr).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Dari 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[edit]

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Root
د و ر

Etymology 1[edit]

From Arabic دَوَّرَ(dawwara).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /daw.war/, [ˈdaw.war]
  • (file)

Verb[edit]

دوّر (dawwar) (form II, present بدوّر(bidawwer))

  1. to search, to look for
    دوّرت عليه بس ما لقيتوش‎‎
    dawwart alē bass mā laʔētoš
    I looked for him but I didn't find him.
Conjugation[edit]
    Conjugation of دوّر (dawwar)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m دوّرت (dawwart) دوّرت (dawwart) دوّر (dawwar) دوّرنا (dawwarna) دوّرتو (dawwartu) دوّرو (dawwaru)
f دوّرتي (dawwarti) دوّرت (dawwarat)
present m بدوّر (badawwer) بتدوّر (bitdawwer) بدوّر (bidawwer) مندوّر (mindawwer) بتدوّرو (bitdawwru) بدوّرو (bidawwru)
f بتدوّري (bitdawwri) بتدوّر (bitdawwer)
subjunctive m ادوّر (adawwer) تدوّر (tdawwer) يدوّر (ydawwer) ندوّر (ndawwer) تدوّرو (tdawwru) يدوّرو (ydawwru)
f تدوّري (tdawwri) تدوّر (tdawwer)
imperative m دوّر (dawwer) دوّرو (dawwru)
f دوّري (dawwri)

Etymology 2[edit]

From Arabic دَوْر(dawr).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

دور (dōrm (plural أدوار(ʔadwār))

  1. queue, line
  2. role, part
  3. time, turn, instance
  4. (education) course

Southeast Pashayi[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Sanskrit द्वार (dvāra).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

دوّر (dūr)

  1. door

Etymology 2[edit]

From Sanskrit धौरेय (dhaureya, foremost).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

دور (dōr)

  1. (anatomy) face

Further reading[edit]

Urdu[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀽𑀭 (dūra), from Sanskrit दूर (dūrá). Also influenced by Persian دور(dur).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

دور (dūr) (Hindi spelling दूर)

  1. distant, remote

Adverb[edit]

دور (dūr) (Hindi spelling दूर)

  1. far, far off

Etymology 2[edit]

From Arabic دَوْر(dawr).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

دور (daurm (Hindi spelling दौर)

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

References[edit]