# دور
## Arabic
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

IPA: /daw.wa.ra/

#### Verb

دَوَّرَ • (dawwara) II (non-past يُدَوِّرُ (yudawwiru), verbal noun تَدْوِير (tadwīr))
* (transitive) to turn in a circle, to spin, to whirl, to revolve, to rotate
* (transitive) to turn into a circle, to make round

##### References

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “دور”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 344

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

دَوْر • (dawr) m (plural أَدْوَار (ʔadwār))
* verbal noun of دَارَ (dāra) (form I)
* role
    تَلْعَبُ التِّكْنُولُوجْيَا دَوْرًا كَبِيرًا فِي تَسْهِيلِ حَيَاتِنَا ٱلْيَوْمِيَّةِ.talʕabu t-tiknūlūjyā dawran kabīran fī tashīli ḥayātinā l-yawmiyyati.Technology plays a great role in facilitating our daily lives.
* turn
    جَاءَ دَوْرِي لِلتَّصْوِيتِ. ― jāʔa dawriy li-t-taṣwīti. ― It is my turn to vote.
    جَاءَ دَوْرِي فِي ٱلْكَلَامِ. ― jāʔa dawriy fī l-kalāmi. ― It is my turn to talk.
* rotation
* circle, cycle
* vicissitude
* age, period, epoch
* roundabout way
* fit of fever
* floor, story
* the world

##### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: dövr
* → Bashkir: дәүер (dəwer)
* → Chagatai: دور
** Uyghur: دەۋر (dewr)
** Uzbek: davr
* → Hindustani:
** Hindi: दौर (daur)
** Urdu: دور (daur)
* → Kazakh: дәуір (däuır)
* → Khalaj: dovr
* → Kyrgyz: доор (door)
* → Ottoman Turkish: دور (devr)
** Turkish: devir
** → Crimean Tatar: devir
** → Romanian: dever
* → Persian: دور (dowr)
* → Spanish: ador
* → Turkmen: döwür
* → Kumyk: девюр (dewür)
* → Tatar: дәвер (däwer)

##### References

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

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /duːr/
* Rhymes: -uːr

#### Noun

دُور • (dūr) f pl
* plural of دَار (dār)

## Azerbaijani
### Adjective

دور
* Arabic spelling of dur

## Egyptian Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic دَوْر (dawr).
The plural form تدوار (tidwār) is from أَدْوَار (ʔadwār) with the construct ـَة (-at) found at the ending of numbers, i.e. خَمْسَة أَدْوَار (ḵamsat ʔadwār), سَبْعَة أَدْوَار (sabʕat ʔadwār).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [doːr]

### Noun

دور • (dōr) m (plural ادوار (idwār) or تدوار (tidwār))
* floor, storey
    عماره خمس تدوار ― ʕimāra ḵamas tidwār ― Five-storey building
* turn (in a game)
* role

#### Usage notes

Plural تدوار (tidwār) is used only in counting.

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic دَوَّرَ (dawwara).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /daw.war/

#### Verb

دوّر • (dawwar) II (non-past يدوّر (yidawwir))
* to search, to look for [with على]

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Arabic دَوْر (dawr).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /doːr/, [do̞ːr]

#### Noun

دور • (dōr) m (plural أدوار (ʔadwār))
* floor (“storey”)
    Synonym: طابِق (ṭābig)
* role, part
* time, turn, instance

## Khalaj
### Adverb

دُور (dovr)
* Arabic spelling of dovr (“all around”)

### Noun

دُور (dovr) (definite accusative دُوروُ, plural دُورلار)
* Arabic spelling of dovr (“edge, border, surroundings”)

#### Declension
## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic دَوْر (dawr).

#### Noun

دور • (devr)
* a revolution, circuit, rotation
* a circumference or periphery
* a turn, twist, whorl
* a mode of turning or revolving
* a turn or circuit of duty or of action, a period of revolution of a heavenly body
* a vicious circle of reasoning
* a cycle, a period of time

##### Descendants

* Turkish: devir
* → Romanian: dever

#### Further reading

* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 919

### Etymology 2

Contraction of دورور (durur, “it stands”).

#### Phrase

دور • (dur)
* (old or provincial by the 19th century) Alternative spelling of در (dur, “it is”)

#### Further reading

* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 892
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 919

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Persian دور (dur).

#### Adjective

دور • (dur)
* far, far off, distant
    Synonym: اوزاق (uzak)
* absent
* improbable, incredible

#### Further reading

* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 919

### Etymology 4

Borrowed from Arabic دُور (dūr), plural of دَار (dār).

#### Noun

دور • (dur)
* houses
* countries, regions

#### Further reading

* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 919

## Persian
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Iranian *duHráh (“far”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *duHrás (“far”). Cognate with Central Kurdish دوور (dûr, “far, distant”), Pashto لرې (lëre, “distant”), Sanskrit दूर (dūra, “distant, remote”), Avestan 𐬛𐬏𐬭𐬁𐬝 (dūrāt̰, “from afar”), Ancient Greek δηρός (dērós, “long”), Latin dūrus, Old Armenian երկար (erkar, “long, extended”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [duːɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d̪uːɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d̪uːɾ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [d̪uːɾ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [d̪uɾ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [d̪uːɹ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [d̪uɾ]

#### Adjective

دور • (dur)
* far
* distant

#### Adverb

دور • (dur)
* away

##### Derived terms

* دوراندیش (dur-andiš)
* دوربین (dur-bin)
* دورگو (dur-gu)
* دورنما (dur-nomâ)
* دورنویس (dur-nevis)
* دوری (duri)

##### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: dur
* → Ottoman Turkish: دور (dur)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic دَوْر (dawr), from دَارَ (dāra).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ˈdawɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d̪ǽwɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [d̪ǽwɾ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [d̪ǽwɾ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [d̪ǽwɾ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [d̪ówɹ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [d̪ówɹ]
** (Tehrani) IPA: [d̪óːɹ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [d̪ǽwɾ]

#### Noun

دور • (dowr) (plural ادوار (advâr))
* turn
* cycle
* circumference
* period, era, time, age
* revolution

##### Related terms

* دوره (dowre)
* دوری (dowri)

### References

* ↑ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 393

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic دَوَّرَ (dawwara).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /daw.war/, [ˈdaw.war]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

#### Verb

دوّر • (dawwar) II (present بدوّر (bidawwer))
* (transitive) to turn
    بدوّر العجل ― bidawwer il ʕajal ― He turns the wheel.
* to search, to look for
    دوّرت عليه بس ما لقيتوشdawwart alē bass mā laʔētošI looked for him but I didn't find him.

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Arabic دَوْر (dawr).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /doːr/, [doːr]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

#### Noun

دور • (dōr) m (plural أدوار (ʔadwār))
* queue, line
* role, part
* time, turn, instance
* (education) course

## Southeast Pashayi
### Etymology 1

From Sanskrit द्वार (dvāra).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /duːr/

#### Noun

دوّر (dūr)
* door

### Etymology 2

From Sanskrit धौरेय (dhaureya, “foremost”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /doːr/

#### Noun

دور (dōr)
* (anatomy) face

### Further reading

* Abd-El-Malek Lamuwal, Adam Baker (2013) “Southeastern Pashayi”, in Journal of the International Phonetic Association, volume 43, Cambridge: International Phonetic Association, pages 243-246

## Urdu
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀽𑀭 (dūra), from Sanskrit दूर (dūrá). Also influenced by Classical Persian دور (dūr).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /d̪uːɾ/
* Audio (Pakistan):(file)
* Rhymes: -uːɾ

#### Adjective

دور • (dūr) (Hindi spelling दूर)
* distant, remote

#### Adverb

دور • (dūr) (Hindi spelling दूर)
* far, far off

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian دَوْر (dawr), borrowed from Arabic دَوْر (dawr), from دَارَ (dāra).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /d̪ɔːɾ/
* Audio (Pakistan):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔːɾ

#### Noun

دور • (daur) m (Hindi spelling दौर)
* period, era, age
* stage, round, period

### References

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