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دائِرَة
circle /ˈdaːʔira/
nounB1#1502 most common
Also: department, office (government), electoral constituency, sphere, scope, domain (figurative)
Example sentences
هٰذِهِ دائِرَةٌ.
This is a circle.
رَسَمَ الوَلَدُ دائِرَةً عَلى الوَرَقَةِ.
The boy drew a circle on the paper.
تَعمَلُ أُمّي في دائِرَةِ الجَوازاتِ.
My mother works at the passport department.
فازَ المُرَشَّحُ في دائِرَتِهِ الانتِخابِيَّةِ.
The candidate won in his electoral constituency.
تَقَعُ هٰذِهِ القَضِيَّةُ خارِجَ دائِرَةِ اختِصاصِنا.
This matter falls outside the scope of our jurisdiction.
ظَلَّ الاقتِصادُ يَدورُ في دائِرَةٍ مُفرَغَةٍ مِنَ الرُّكودِ وَالتَّضَخُّمِ.
The economy kept turning in a vicious circle of recession and inflation.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | دائِرَةٌ (dāʾiratun) | دَوائِرُ (dawāʾiru) |
| Genitive | دائِرَةٍ (dāʾiratin) | دَوائِرَ (dawāʾira) |
| Accusative | دائِرَةً (dāʾiratan) | دَوائِرَ (dawāʾira) |
| Vocative | يا دائِرَةُ (yā dāʾiratu) | يا دَوائِرُ (yā dawāʾiru) |
Word family
دارَto turn, revolve
دَوْرةcycle, round, course
دائِريcircular
مُديرdirector, manager
إدارةadministration, department
Etymology
دائِرَة comes from the Semitic root د-و-ر (d-w-r), 'to turn, revolve, go around'. It is the feminine active participle of the verb دارَ, 'to turn', so it first meant 'the thing that goes around', then 'circle'. From the idea of an enclosed round area came the later senses of a government department and an electoral district. The same root produced مُدير, 'director', and دَوْرة, 'cycle'.
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