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دَائِرَة

a defeat

Noun · feminineRoot د-و-ر

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Plural
دَوَائِر

Most common words from the same root

Noun
house
Verb · Form IV
to run
Noun
manager
Verb · Form I
to revolve
Noun
rotation
Verb · Form II
to turn in a circle

دَائِرَة in English

Noun · feminine

  1. a defeat
  2. bureaucratic division, department, office
  3. calamity, disaster, misfortune
    وَمِنَ الْأَعْرَابِ مَن يَتَّخِذُ مَا يُنْفِقُ مَغْرَمًا وَيَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمُ الدَّوَائِرَ عَلَيْهِمْ دَائِرَةُ السَّوْءِ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌAnd 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.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 9:98
  4. county, daïra, a type of administrative division in Algeria, subdivision of a wilaya
  5. circle

Words from the root د-و-ر

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دَارَ · present يَدُورُ

to revolve, to rotate, to spin, to turn, to circle; to be spread, to circulate, to make the rounds (e.g. of rumours); to veer, to shift, to change direction

دَوَرَان
Verbal noun
rotation
دَوْر
Verbal noun
دَائِر
Active participle · Adjective
turning
مَدُور
Passive participle
Derived noun
rotation
دَوَّار
Derived noun · Adjective
rotary
دَوَّار
Derived noun
wandering
دُوَار
Derived noun
vertigo
دَوَّرَ · present يُدَوِّرُ

to turn in a circle, to spin, to whirl, to revolve, to rotate; to turn into a circle, to make round

تَدْوِير
Verbal noun
recycling
مُدَوِّر
Active participle
مُدَوَّر
Passive participle · Adjective
round
دَاوَرَ · present يُدَاوِرُ

to walk around with (someone); to ensnare, inveigle; to cheat, deceive, trick

دِوَار
Verbal noun
مُدَاوَرَة
Verbal noun
مُدَاوِر
Active participle
مُدَاوَر
Passive participle
أَدَارَ · present يُدِيرُ
Form IV · Causative

to run, to manage, to govern, to operate; to make turn, to rotate, to spin, to revolve, to whirl; to turn around

Verbal noun
turning
Active participle
manager
مُدَار
Passive participle
تَدَوَّرَ · present يَتَدَوَّرُ

to become round, to become circular; to become of age

تَدَوُّر
Verbal noun
مُتَدَوِّر
Active participle
مُتَدَوَّر
Passive participle
اِسْتَدَارَ · present يَسْتَدِيرُ

to become round, to be circular; to turn around; to surround

اِسْتِدَارَة
Verbal noun
مُسْتَدِير
Active participle · Adjective
round
مُسْتَدَار
Passive participle
Noun · f.
house
Noun · f.
a defeat
Adjective
cyclical
دِيرَة
Noun · f.
route
دَائِرِيّ
Adjective
circular
مَدَار
Noun · m.
orbit
مُسْتَدِيرَة
Noun · f.
whole note
مُدِيرِيَّة
Noun · f.
mudiriyah: an administrative subdivision
دَوْرِيَّة
Noun · f.
patrol
مُدِيرَة
Noun · f.
female principal
دَائِرَةُ مَعَارِف
Noun · f.
encyclopedia
دَوْرَة مِيَاه
Noun · f.
toilet
دُوَيْرَة
Noun · f.
minor dwelling
دَوْر جَنْدَرِيّ
Noun · m.
gender role
دَارَة
Noun · f.
villa

دَائِرَة: plural and other forms

Singularدَائِرَة
Pluralدَوَائِر

دَائِرَة in a sentence

Dictionary examples

calamity

وَمِنَ الْأَعْرَابِ مَن يَتَّخِذُ مَا يُنْفِقُ مَغْرَمًا وَيَتَرَبَّصُ بِكُمُ الدَّوَائِرَ عَلَيْهِمْ دَائِرَةُ السَّوْءِ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌAnd 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.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 9:98

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