Arabic

Pronunciation

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

• Persian: دور ‎(dour)
• Spanish: ador

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “دور”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

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 ‎(dūr, “far, distant”), Pashto لرې ‎(lëre, “distant”), and Sanskrit दूर ‎(dūra, “distant, remote”).

Adjective

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

دور • ‎(dour) ‎(plural ادوار ‎(advâr))

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

Related terms

• دوره ‎(doure)
• دوری ‎(douri)

Urdu

Etymology

From the Old Indo-Aryan root dūra-.

Adjective

دور • ‎(dūr) — Hindi spelling: दूर ‎(dūr)

1. distant, remote

Adverb

دور • ‎(dūr)  Hindi spelling: दूर ‎(dūr)

1. far, far off

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “دور”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press