مدار

Noun of place from the root د و ر (d-w-r).

• IPA^(key): /ma.daːr/
• Rhymes: -aːr

مَدَار • (madār) m (plural مَدَارَات (madārāt))

1. (astronomy) orbit

   مَدَار الْقَمَر ― madār al-qamar ― the orbit of the Moon

   مَدَار قَمَرِيّ الْمَرْكَز ― madār qamariyy al-markaz ― selenocentric orbit

2. (geography) tropic

   مَدَار السَّرَطَان ― madār as-saraṭān ― the Tropic of Cancer

   مَدَار الْجَدْي ― madār al-jady ― the Tropic of Capricorn

• → Ottoman Turkish: مدار (medar)
  • Turkish: medar
• → Persian: مدار (madâr)

Borrowed from Arabic مَدَار (madār, “orbit, tropic”).

مدار • (medar)

1. (in general) turning point, a place of turning or revolving
2. (astronomy) orbit, the circular or elliptical path of a celestial body
3. (geography) tropic, either of the two parallels of latitude 23°27′ north and south of the equator

• Turkish: medar

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “medar”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3104
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مدار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1138
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مدار”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 4503
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “medar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مدار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1785

Borrowed from Arabic مَدَار (madār).

مدار • (madâr)

1. (astronomy) orbit

   مدار ماه ― madâr-e mâh ― the orbit of the Moon

   مدار ماه‌مرکزی ― madâr-e mâh-markazi ― selenocentric orbit

2. (geography) tropic

   مدار رأس‌السرطان ― madâr-e ra's-os-saratân ― the Tropic of Cancer

   مدار رأس‌الجدی ― madâr-e ra's-ol-jady ― the Tropic of Capricorn