दौर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دور (dawr), from Arabic دَوْر (dawr).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪ɔːɾ/

Noun

दौर • (daur) m (Urdu spelling دور)

1. round, stage, level

   Synonym: क्रम (kram)

   यह मुक़ाबले का आख़िरी दौर है।

   yah muqāble kā āxirī daur hai.

   This is the last round of the challenge.

2. period, era, age
3. cycle, circuit

   Synonym: चक्कर (cakkar)

4. tour
5. vicissitude, twist and turn
6. (literally) revolving, rotation

Declension

Declension of दौर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दौर daur	दौर daur
oblique	दौर daur	दौरों daurõ
vocative	दौर daur	दौरो dauro

References

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