دير

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See also: دیز and دیر

Arabic

دَيْر

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Root
د ي ر (d y r)
1 term

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܕܝܪܐ (dayrā) which generally means “dwelling” and specifically “cloister”, from the Syriac root ܕ-ܘ-ܪ (d-w-r) relating to dwelling, originally parallel to دَار (dār, dwelling; abode) and دَوَّارة (dawwāra, home; quarter) from the root د و ر (d-w-r) bearing meanings of “circling, going about”.

Noun

دَيْر (dayrm (plural أَدْيَار (ʔadyār) or أَدْيِرَة (ʔadyira) or دُيُورَة (duyūra))

  1. monastery, convent, cloister
Declension

References

  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 275
  • יואל אליצור, חיים בן דוד (2007) “'דיר' ונווה ושמות מקומות מטיפוס דיר- בארץ-ישראל [Deir in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Arabic and Toponyms of the “Deir-X” Type]”, in קתדרה: לתולדות ארץ ישראל ויישובה [Cathedra: For the History of Eretz Israel and Its Yishuv], number 123, Jerusalem: יד יצחק בן-צבי, →DOI, pages 13–38

Etymology 2

Verb

دِيرَ (dīra) (form I) /diː.ra/

  1. third-person masculine singular past passive of دَارَ (dāra)