دويرة

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Arabic

Root
د و ر (d w r)
21 terms

Etymology

Diminutive of دَار (dār).

Pronunciation

Noun

دُوَيْرَة (duwayraf (plural دُوَيْرَات (duwayrāt)) (archaic)

  1. minor dwelling, maisonette
  2. chamber, hall, closet, a place of recess in large building
    • 1355, اِبْن بَطُّوطَة [ibn baṭṭūṭa, Ibn Baṭṭūṭa], edited by Charles Defrémery & Beniamino Sanguinetti, تُحْفَةُ ٱلنُّظَّارِ فِي غَرَائِبِ ٱلْأَمْصَارِ وَعَجَائِبِ ٱلْأَسْفَارِ [tuḥfatu n-nuẓẓāri fī ḡarāʔibi l-ʔamṣāri waʕajāʔibi l-ʔasfāri]‎, volume IV, Paris: L'imprimerie impériale/nationale, published 1858, pages 231 line 1 a fine–232 line 3:
      ثُمَّ جَاءَ أَحَدُ ٱلْفِتْيَانِ بِبُقْشَةٍ […] وَهِيَ ٱلسَنَبِيَّةُ فَأَخَذَهَا ٱلنَّائِبُ بِيَدِهِ وَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي وَأَدْخَلَنِي إِلَى دُوَيْرَةٍ يُسَمُّونَهَا فَرْدْخَانَةً […]
      ṯumma jāʔa ʔaḥadu l-fityāni bibuqšatin […] wahiya s-sanabiyyatu faʔaḵaḏahā n-nāʔibu bi-yadi-hī waʔaḵaḏa bi-yadī waʔadḵalanī ʔilā duwayratin yusammūnahā fardḵānatan […]
      Then came one of the boys with a bundle this is an envelope and the lieutenant took it with his hand and took me by the hand and made enter into a maisonette they call recovery room

Declension

Moroccan Arabic

Noun

دويرة (dwayra, dwīraf (plural دويرات (dwayrāt, dwīrāt))

  1. diminutive of دار (dār)