دائرة

See also: دایره

Arabic

Etymology

From the root د و ر (d-w-r).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daː.ʔi.ra/
  • (file)

Noun

دَائِرَة (dāʔira) f (plural دَوَائِر (dawāʔir))

  1. circle
  2. calamity, misfortune, disaster
    Synonyms: نَازِلَة (nāzila), مُصِيبَة (muṣība), دَاهِيَة (dāhiya), نَائِبَة (nāʔiba)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 9:98:
      وَمِنَ الْأَعْرَابِ مَن يَتَّخِذُ مَا يُنْفِقُ مَغْرَمًا وَيَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمُ الدَّوَائِرَ عَلَيْهِمْ دَائِرَةُ السَّوْءِ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ
      wamina l-ʔaʕrābi man yattaḵiḏu mā yunfiqu maḡraman wayatarabbaṣu bikumu ad-dawāʔira ʕalayhim dāʔiratu as-sawʔi wal-lahu samīʕun ʕalīmun
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  3. a defeat
    Synonym: هَزِيمَة (hazīma)
  4. office, department, bureaucratic division
  5. county, daïra, a type of administrative division in Algeria, subdivision of a wilaya

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: dairə
  • Bashkir: даирә (dairä)
  • English: dayereh
  • French: daïra
  • Malay: daerah
  • Ottoman Turkish: دائره (daire)
  • Persian: دایره (dâyere)

Further reading

South Levantine Arabic

Root
د و ر

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic دَائِرَة (dāʔira).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daː.ʔi.re/, [ˈdæː.ʔi.rˤɑ]
  • IPA(key): /daː.ʔi.ra/, [ˈdæː.ʔi.rˤɑ]
  • (file)

Noun

دائرة (dāʔire) f (plural دوائر (dawāʔer))

  1. Alternative form of دايرة (dāyra, circle)
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