دوار

Arabic

Root
د و ر (d w r)
22 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du.waːr/

Alternative forms

• دَوَار (dawār)

Etymology 1

Root
د و ر (d w r)
22 terms

فُعَال (fuʕāl)-type verbal-noun from the verb دَارَ (dāra, “to turn, to revolve”).

Noun

دُوَار • (duwār) m

1. (medicine) vertigo, dizziness, giddiness
2. seasickness

Declension

Declension of noun دُوَار (duwār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دُوَار duwār	الدُّوَار ad-duwār	دُوَار duwār
Nominative	دُوَارٌ duwārun	الدُّوَارُ ad-duwāru	دُوَارُ duwāru
Accusative	دُوَارًا duwāran	الدُّوَارَ ad-duwāra	دُوَارَ duwāra
Genitive	دُوَارٍ duwārin	الدُّوَارِ ad-duwāri	دُوَارِ duwāri

Descendants

• → Armenian: տավվար (tavvar)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: दुवार (duvār), दवार (davār)

  Urdu: دُوَار (dūār), دَوَار (davār)

Etymology 2

Root
د و ر (d w r)
22 terms

Characteristic adjective derived from دَارَ (dāra, “to turn, to rotate, to roam, to circulate”).

Noun

دَوَّار • (dawwār) m

1. wandering, cruising, going about
2. traveler, nomad, rover, runabout, wanderer, globetrotter
3. explorer
4. perambulator, itinerant
5. rotor, rotator
6. traffic circle
7. eddy, whirlpool, vortex
8. (Egypt) farm building, farm

Declension

Declension of noun دَوَّار (dawwār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دَوَّار dawwār	الدَّوَّار ad-dawwār	دَوَّار dawwār
Nominative	دَوَّارٌ dawwārun	الدَّوَّارُ ad-dawwāru	دَوَّارُ dawwāru
Accusative	دَوَّارًا dawwāran	الدَّوَّارَ ad-dawwāra	دَوَّارَ dawwāra
Genitive	دَوَّارٍ dawwārin	الدَّوَّارِ ad-dawwāri	دَوَّارِ dawwāri

Adjective

دَوَّار • (dawwār)

1. rotary, gyratory, gyrating, revolving, rotating
2. roving, itinerant
3. ambulatory, circulating

Declension

Declension of adjective دَوَّار (dawwār)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	دَوَّار dawwār	الدَّوَّار ad-dawwār	دَوَّارَة dawwāra	الدَّوَّارَة ad-dawwāra
Nominative	دَوَّارٌ dawwārun	الدَّوَّارُ ad-dawwāru	دَوَّارَةٌ dawwāratun	الدَّوَّارَةُ ad-dawwāratu
Accusative	دَوَّارًا dawwāran	الدَّوَّارَ ad-dawwāra	دَوَّارَةً dawwāratan	الدَّوَّارَةَ ad-dawwārata
Genitive	دَوَّارٍ dawwārin	الدَّوَّارِ ad-dawwāri	دَوَّارَةٍ dawwāratin	الدَّوَّارَةِ ad-dawwārati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	دَوَّارَيْن dawwārayn	الدَّوَّارَيْن ad-dawwārayn	دَوَّارَتَيْن dawwāratayn	الدَّوَّارَتَيْن ad-dawwāratayn
Nominative	دَوَّارَانِ dawwārāni	الدَّوَّارَانِ ad-dawwārāni	دَوَّارَتَانِ dawwāratāni	الدَّوَّارَتَانِ ad-dawwāratāni
Accusative	دَوَّارَيْنِ dawwārayni	الدَّوَّارَيْنِ ad-dawwārayni	دَوَّارَتَيْنِ dawwāratayni	الدَّوَّارَتَيْنِ ad-dawwāratayni
Genitive	دَوَّارَيْنِ dawwārayni	الدَّوَّارَيْنِ ad-dawwārayni	دَوَّارَتَيْنِ dawwāratayni	الدَّوَّارَتَيْنِ ad-dawwāratayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	دَوَّارِين dawwārīn	الدَّوَّارِين ad-dawwārīn	دَوَّارَات dawwārāt	الدَّوَّارَات ad-dawwārāt
Nominative	دَوَّارُونَ dawwārūna	الدَّوَّارُونَ ad-dawwārūna	دَوَّارَاتٌ dawwārātun	الدَّوَّارَاتُ ad-dawwārātu
Accusative	دَوَّارِينَ dawwārīna	الدَّوَّارِينَ ad-dawwārīna	دَوَّارَاتٍ dawwārātin	الدَّوَّارَاتِ ad-dawwārāti
Genitive	دَوَّارِينَ dawwārīna	الدَّوَّارِينَ ad-dawwārīna	دَوَّارَاتٍ dawwārātin	الدَّوَّارَاتِ ad-dawwārāti

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: दव्वार (davvār)

  Urdu: دَوَّار (davvār)

Etymology 3

Noun

دِوَار • (diwār) m

1. verbal noun of دَاوَرَ (dāwara) (form III)

Declension

Declension of noun دِوَار (diwār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	دِوَار diwār	الدِّوَار ad-diwār	دِوَار diwār
Nominative	دِوَارٌ diwārun	الدِّوَارُ ad-diwāru	دِوَارُ diwāru
Accusative	دِوَارًا diwāran	الدِّوَارَ ad-diwāra	دِوَارَ diwāra
Genitive	دِوَارٍ diwārin	الدِّوَارِ ad-diwāri	دِوَارِ diwāri

Urdu

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit द्वार (dvāra), from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰworom (“enclosure, courtyard, i.e. something enclosed by the door”), from *dʰwor-, compare *dʰwer-.

Noun

دوار • (dvār) m (Hindi spelling द्वार)

1. door, gate, entrance
2. passage
3. opening
4. access
5. means
6. medium
7. opportunity

Etymology 2

From Arabic دُوَار (duwār), دَوَار (dawār).

Noun

دوار • (duvār, davār) m (Hindi spelling दुवार)

1. vertigo, dizziness

Etymology 3

From Arabic دَوَّار (dawwār).

Adjective

دَوَّار • (davvār) (Hindi spelling दव्वार)

1. revolving
2. rotating
3. circling
4. versatile