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Arabic dictionary

Dictionary Habib Anthony Salmone, An Advanced Learner's Arabic-English Dictionary (1889)

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دَارَ (و)(n. ac. دَوْر مَدْوَر دُوُوْر دَوَرَاْن) a. Turned, went round, revolved. b. [Bi or 'Ala], Turned or went round, about; encircled encompassed. c. [Bi], Went about with, colported, hawked about; turned round with. d. [pass. دِيْرَ ] ['Ala or Bi], Was giddy; reeled. دَوَّرَa. Turned round, revolved; put in motion, set going ( machine ). b. Took round about. c. Rounded, made round. دَاْوَرَa. Went round about or took a turn with. b. Endeavoured to get or turn round; tried to outwit or deceive. c. Looked at furtively, stealthily. أَدْوَرَa. Made to go round or circle; set in motion. b. [acc. & 'Ala], Induced to. c. [acc. & 'An], Turned or dissuaded from. تَدَوَّرَa. Was round, circular. إِسْتَدْوَرَa. Coiled or wound itself round; was wound round. b. [Bi], Went round about. دَوْر (pl. أَدْوَاْر) a. Circle, circuit; turn, twist; tour; detour; round-about way. b. [Bi], Vicissitude, revolution, change ( of fortune ). c. Couplet. d. Attack ( of fever ). e. [art. & prec. by Bi], By turns; periodically. دَار (pl. دُوْر [ 3 ] دِيَر دِيَرَة [] أَدْوُر [] دِيَار [ 23 ] دِيَارَة [] دِيْرَان [] دُوْرَان [] أَدْوَار [] ) a. Abode, habitation, dwelling, house; court-yard. دَيْر (pl. أَدْيِرَة [أَدْوِرَة 15t a. I ] دُيُوْرَة [] أَدْيَار [أَدْوَاْر]), Convent, monastery, cloister. دَوْرَة [] a. see 1U (a) دَارَة [] (pl. دُوْر) a. see 1Ab. Plateau, table-land surrounded by mountains. c. Circle; halo. مَدَار [] a. Pivot, axis. b. Cause, motive; motive power. دَائِر [] a. Turning, revolving. b. Wandering about. c. Describing ( a circle ). d. Round, circular, spherical. دَائِرَة [] (pl. دَوَاْئِرُ) a. Circuit, compass, circumference. b. Anything round: circle, sphere. c. Turn, vicissitude, change of fortune; misfortune calamity. دُوَارa. Vertigo, giddiness. دَوَّار [] a. Turning round, revolving. b. Colporteur, pedlar, hawker. c. Vagabond, vagrant. دَوَّارَة [] a. Pair of compasses. b. Circular tract of land. c. Gossiping woman, who is always going to her neighbour's houses. d. [art.], The Kaabeh. دُوَّارَة [] a. Anything round, spiral or coiled; round hill of sand. b. [art.], The Kaabeh. دَوَرَان [] a. Rotation, revolution; circulation. مُدَوَّر [ N. P. a. II], Round; circular. مُدَارَاة [ N. ac. دَاْوَرَ (دِوْر)] a. Watchfulness, care. مُدِيْر [ N. Ag. a. IV], Governor, prefect; director inspector overseer. مُدِيْرِيَّة [ N. Ag. أَدْوَرَ] a. Territory under the jurisdiction of a prince satrapy. إِدَارَة [ N. Ac. a. IV] Administration. دَائِرَة العُلُوْم a. دَائِرَة المَعَارِف Encyclopædia. عِلْم الأَدْوَار a. Music. في مَدَار ذَلِك a. In the meantime: during.