دائرة

See also: دایره

Arabic

Root
د و ر (d-w-r)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daː.ʔi.ra/

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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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     "And among the Bedouins are those who take as a burden what they spend and lie in wait for you. The circle of evil is upon them. And God is All-Hearing, All-Knowing."
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

Declension of noun دَائِرَة (dāʔira)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَائِرَة dāʔira	الدَّائِرَة ad-dāʔira	دَائِرَة dāʔirat
Nominative	دَائِرَةٌ dāʔiratun	الدَّائِرَةُ ad-dāʔiratu	دَائِرَةُ dāʔiratu
Accusative	دَائِرَةً dāʔiratan	الدَّائِرَةَ ad-dāʔirata	دَائِرَةَ dāʔirata
Genitive	دَائِرَةٍ dāʔiratin	الدَّائِرَةِ ad-dāʔirati	دَائِرَةِ dāʔirati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَائِرَتَيْن dāʔiratayn	الدَّائِرَتَيْن ad-dāʔiratayn	دَائِرَتَيْ dāʔiratay
Nominative	دَائِرَتَانِ dāʔiratāni	الدَّائِرَتَانِ ad-dāʔiratāni	دَائِرَتَا dāʔiratā
Accusative	دَائِرَتَيْنِ dāʔiratayni	الدَّائِرَتَيْنِ ad-dāʔiratayni	دَائِرَتَيْ dāʔiratay
Genitive	دَائِرَتَيْنِ dāʔiratayni	الدَّائِرَتَيْنِ ad-dāʔiratayni	دَائِرَتَيْ dāʔiratay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَوَائِر dawāʔir	الدَّوَائِر ad-dawāʔir	دَوَائِر dawāʔir
Nominative	دَوَائِرُ dawāʔiru	الدَّوَائِرُ ad-dawāʔiru	دَوَائِرُ dawāʔiru
Accusative	دَوَائِرَ dawāʔira	الدَّوَائِرَ ad-dawāʔira	دَوَائِرَ dawāʔira
Genitive	دَوَائِرَ dawāʔira	الدَّوَائِرِ ad-dawāʔiri	دَوَائِرِ dawāʔiri

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: dairə
• → Bashkir: даирә (dairə)
• → English: dayereh
• → French: daïra
• → Malay: daerah
  • Indonesian: daerah
• → Ottoman Turkish: دائره (daire)
  • Turkish: daire
  • → Albanian: dajré
  • → Armenian: դայրա (dayra), դայիրա (dayira), դահրե (dahre), դըհարե (dəhare), դահիրա (dahira), դարյա (darya)
  • → Aromanian: daire
  • → Bulgarian: дайре́ (dajré)
  • → Greek: νταϊρές (ntaïrés)
  • → Macedonian: дајре (dajre)
  • → Romanian: dairea, daierea, daerea, daera, daira, dara
  • → Serbo-Croatian: даире / daire
• → Classical Persian: دَائِرَه (dā'ira), دَائِرَةْ (dā'irat)
  • Dari: دَایْرَه (dāyra), دَائِرَه (dā'ira)
  • Iranian Persian: دایره (dâyere), دائره (dâ'ere)
  • Tajik: доира (doyira)
  • → Chagatai:
    • Uyghur: دائىرە (da'ire)
    • Uzbek: doira
  • → Hindustani
    • Hindi: दायरा (dāyrā), दाइरा (dāirā) (uncommon)
    • Urdu: دائِرَہ (dāira)

Further reading

• دائرة on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ar
• دوائر الجزائر on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ar

South Levantine Arabic

Root
د و ر
6 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic دَائِرَة (dāʔira).

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

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

1. Alternative form of دايرة (dāyra, “circle”)