دور

See also: د و ر

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root د و ر (d-w-r).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

دَوَّرَ (dawwara) II, non-past يُدَوِّرُ‎ (yudawwiru)

  1. to turn in a circle, to spin, to whirl, to revolve, to rotate
  2. to turn into a circle, to make round
  3. to look for something, to search (to look around for something)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Noun

دَوْر (dawr) m (plural أَدْوَار (ʾadwār))

  1. verbal noun of دَارَ (dāra) (form I)
  2. role
  3. turn
  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

Noun

دُور (dūr) f pl

  1. plural of دَار (dār)

Egyptian Arabic

Noun

دور (dawr) m , pl أدوار ('adwaar)

  1. floor (storey)

Persian

Etymology 1

Cognate with Kurdish دوور (dûr, far, distant), Pashto لرې (lëre, distant), and Sanskrit दूर (dūra, distant, remote).

Adjective

Dari Persian دور
Iranian Persian دور
Tajiki Persian дур (dur)

دور (dur)

  1. far
  2. distant

Adverb

دور (dur)

  1. away

Derived terms

  • دوراندیش (dur-andiš)
  • دوربین (dur-bin)
  • دورگو (dur-gu)
  • دورنما (dur-nomâ)
  • دورنویس (dur-nevis)
  • دوری (duri)

Etymology 2

From Arabic دَوْر (dawr).

Noun

Dari Persian دور
Iranian Persian دور
Tajiki Persian давр (davr)

دور (dowr) (plural ادوار (advâr))

  1. turn
  2. cycle
  3. circumference
  4. period, era, time, age
  5. revolution
  • دوره (doure)
  • دوری (dowri)

Southeast Pashayi

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit द्वार (dvāra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /duːr/

Noun

دوّر (dūr)

  1. door

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit धौरेय (dhaureya, foremost).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /doːr/

Noun

دور (dōr)

  1. (anatomy) face

Further reading


Urdu

Etymology

From the Old Indo-Aryan root dūra-.

Adjective

دور (dūr) (Hindi spelling दूर)

  1. distant, remote

Adverb

دور (dūr)  Hindi spelling: दूर (dūr)

  1. far, far off

References

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