دائرة
See also: دایره
Arabic
Etymology
From the root د و ر (d-w-r).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /daː.ʔi.rah/
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Noun
دَائِرَة • (dāʾira) f (plural دَوَائِر (dawāʾir))
- circle
- calamity, misfortune, disaster
- Synonyms: نَازِلَة (nāzila), مُصِيبَة (muṣība), دَاهِيَة (dāhiya), نَائِبَة (nāʾiba)
- 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-ʾaʿrābi man yattaḵiḏu mā yunfiqu maḡraman wayatarabbaṣu bikumu d-dawāʾira ʿalayhim dāʾiratu s-sawʾi wal-lahu samīʿun ʿalīmun
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- a defeat
- Synonym: هَزِيمَة (hazīma)
- office, department, bureaucratic division
- county, daïra, a type of administrative division in Algeria, subdivision of a wilaya
Declension
Declension of noun دَائِرَة (dāʾira)
Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | دَائِرَة dāʾira | الدَّائِرَة ad-dāʾira | دَائِرَة dāʾirat |
Nominative | دَائِرَةٌ dāʾiratun | الدَّائِرَةُ ad-dāʾiratu | دَائِرَةُ dāʾiratu |
Accusative | دَائِرَةً dāʾiratan | الدَّائِرَةَ ad-dāʾirata | دَائِرَةَ dāʾirata |
Genitive | دَائِرَةٍ dāʾiratin | الدَّائِرَةِ ad-dāʾirati | دَائِرَةِ dāʾirati |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | دَائِرَتَيْن dāʾiratayn | الدَّائِرَتَيْن ad-dāʾiratayn | دَائِرَتَيْ dāʾiratay |
Nominative | دَائِرَتَانِ dāʾiratāni | الدَّائِرَتَانِ ad-dāʾiratāni | دَائِرَتَا dāʾiratā |
Accusative | دَائِرَتَيْنِ dāʾiratayni | الدَّائِرَتَيْنِ ad-dāʾiratayni | دَائِرَتَيْ dāʾiratay |
Genitive | دَائِرَتَيْنِ dāʾiratayni | الدَّائِرَتَيْنِ ad-dāʾiratayni | دَائِرَتَيْ dāʾiratay |
Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | دَوَائِر dawāʾir | الدَّوَائِر ad-dawāʾir | دَوَائِر dawāʾir |
Nominative | دَوَائِرُ dawāʾiru | الدَّوَائِرُ ad-dawāʾiru | دَوَائِرُ dawāʾiru |
Accusative | دَوَائِرَ dawāʾira | الدَّوَائِرَ ad-dawāʾira | دَوَائِرَ dawāʾira |
Genitive | دَوَائِرَ dawāʾira | الدَّوَائِرِ ad-dawāʾiri | دَوَائِرِ dawāʾiri |
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: dairə
- → Bashkir: даирә (dairä)
- → 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 (daïrés)
- → Macedonian: дајре (dajre)
- → Romanian: dairea, daierea, daerea, daera, daira, dara
- → Serbo-Croatian: даире / daire
- → Persian: دایره (dâyere)
Further reading
دائرة on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ar
دوائر الجزائر on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ar
South Levantine Arabic
Root |
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د و ر |
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Arabic دَائِرَة (dāʾira).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /daː.ʔi.re/, [ˈdæː.ʔi.rˤɑ]
- IPA(key): /daː.ʔi.ra/, [ˈdæː.ʔi.rˤɑ]
Audio (Ramallah) (file)
Noun
دائرة • (dāʔire) f (plural دوائر (dawāʔer))
- Alternative form of دايرة (dāyra, “circle”)