daur

See also: daur. and Daur

English

Alternative forms

• dour

Noun

daur (plural daurs)

1. (India, obsolete) A foray or hasty expedition.
   • 1888, The Life and Opinions of Major-General Sir Charles Metcalfe MacGregor, page 117:

     I have just been out on a daur, in which I killed Murad Buksh, subahdar of the battery which fired on the boats at Cawnpore.

Gothic

Romanization

daur

1. romanization of 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍂

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay daur (“period”), from Arabic دَوْر (dawr, “role; turn; rotation; circle, cycle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaʊr/
• Rhymes: -ʊr, -r
• Hyphenation: da‧ur

Noun

daur (plural daur-daur)

1. rotation
2. cycle
3. turn

Derived terms

• berdaur

• daur beli
• daur besar
• daur hidrologi
• daur hidup
• daur hidup pengembangan sistem
• daur hidup sistem
• daur iklim
• daur karbon
• daur kecil
• daur niaga
• daur operasi
• daur ulang
• daur usaha

Further reading

• “daur”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Scots

Verb

daur

1. dare
   • 1870, Robert Chambers, Popular Rhymes of Scotland, page 128:

     At Hawick, where this legendary mimicry of old Border warfare peculiarly flourishes, the boys are accustomed to use the following rhyme of defiance: King Covenanter, come out if ye daur venture!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Alternative forms

• dar