دور

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
د و ر (d w r)
21 terms

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /daw.wa.ra/

Verb

دَوَّرَ (dawwara) II (non-past يُدَوِّرُ (yudawwiru), verbal noun تَدْوِير (tadwīr))

  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
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “دور”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 344

Etymology 2

Noun

دَوْر (dawrm (plural أَدْوَار (ʔadwār))

  1. verbal noun of دَارَ (dāra) (form I)
  2. role
    تَلْعَبُ التِّكْنُولُوجْيَا دَوْرًا كَبِيرًا فِي تَسْهِيلِ حَيَاتِنَا ٱلْيَوْمِيَّةِ.
    talʕabu t-tiknūlūjyā dawran kabīran fī tashīli ḥayātinā l-yawmiyyati.
    Technology plays a great role in facilitating our daily lives.
  3. turn
    جَاءَ دَوْرِي لِلتَّصْوِيتِ.jāʔa dawriy li-t-taṣwīti.It is my turn to vote.
    جَاءَ دَوْرِي فِي ٱلْكَلَامِ.jāʔa dawriy fī l-kalāmi.It is my turn to talk.
  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
Descendants
References

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

دُور (dūrf pl

  1. plural of دَار (dār)

Azerbaijani

Adjective

دور

  1. Arabic spelling of dur

Egyptian Arabic

Noun

دور (dawrm, pl أدوار (ʔadwār)

  1. floor (storey)

Hijazi Arabic

Root
د و ر
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic دَوَّرَ (dawwara).

Pronunciation

Verb

دوّر (dawwar) II (non-past يدوّر (yidawwir))

  1. to search, to look for
Conjugation
    Conjugation of دور (dawwar)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m دورت (dawwart) دورت (dawwart) دور (dawwar) دورنا (dawwarna) دورتوا (dawwartu) دوروا (dawwaru)
f دورتي (dawwarti) دورت (dawwarat)
non-past m أدور (ʔadawwir) تدور (tidawwir) يدور (yidawwir) ندور (nidawwir) تدوروا (tidawwiru) يدوروا (yidawwiru)
f تدوري (tidawwiri) تدور (tidawwir)
imperative m دور (dawwir) دوروا (dawwiru)
f دوري (dawwiri)

Etymology 2

From Arabic دَوْر (dawr).

Pronunciation

Noun

دور (dōrm (plural أدوار (ʔadwār))

  1. floor (storey)

Khalaj

Adverb

دُور (dovr)

  1. Arabic spelling of dovr (all around)

Noun

دُور (dovr) (definite accusative دُوروُ, plural دُورلار)

  1. Arabic spelling of dovr (edge, border, surroundings)

Declension

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic دَوْر (dawr).

Noun

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

Further reading

Etymology 2

Contraction of دورور (durur, it stands).

Phrase

دور (dur)

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

Further reading

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Persian دور (dur).

Adjective

دور (dur)

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

Further reading

Etymology 4

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

Noun

دور (dur)

  1. houses
  2. countries, regions

Further reading

Persian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Iranian *duHráh (far), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *duHrás (far).[1] 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

Readings
Classical reading? dūr
Dari reading? dūr
Iranian reading? dur
Tajik reading? dur

Adjective

Dari دور
Iranian Persian
Tajik дур

دور (dur)

  1. far
  2. distant

Adverb

دور (dur)

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic دَوْر (dawr).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? dawr
Dari reading? dawr
Iranian reading? dowr
Tajik reading? davr

Noun

Dari دور
Iranian Persian
Tajik давр

دور (dowr) (plural ادوار (advâr))

  1. turn
  2. cycle
  3. circumference
  4. period, era, time, age
  5. revolution

References

  1. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 393

South Levantine Arabic

Root
د و ر
6 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic دَوَّرَ (dawwara).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daw.war/,
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to turn
    بدوّر العجل
    bidawwer il ʕajal
    He turns the wheel.
  2. 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
    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

From Arabic دَوْر (dawr).

Pronunciation

Noun

دور (dōrm (plural أدوار (ʔadwār))

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

Southeast Pashayi

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit द्वार (dvāra).

Pronunciation

Noun

دوّر (dūr)

  1. door

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit धौरेय (dhaureya, foremost).

Pronunciation

Noun

دور (dōr)

  1. (anatomy) face

Further reading

Urdu

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

دور (dūr) (Hindi spelling दूर)

  1. distant, remote

Adverb

دور (dūr) (Hindi spelling दूर)

  1. far, far off

Etymology 2

From Arabic دَوْر (dawr).

Pronunciation

Noun

دور (daurm (Hindi spelling दौर)

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

References