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دَوْرَة

course /ˈdaw.ra/

nounB1#1732 most common

Also: cycle, session, round (of a tournament)

Example sentences

أُريدُ دَوْرَةً في اللُّغَةِ العَرَبِيَّة.
I want a course in Arabic.
بَدَأَتِ الدَّوْرَةُ التَّدْريبيَّةُ أَمْس.
The training course started yesterday.
سَجَّلْتُ في دَوْرَةٍ لِتَعَلُّمِ البَرْمَجَة.
I signed up for a course to learn programming.
تُقامُ الدَّوْرَةُ الأُولِمبيَّةُ كُلَّ أَرْبَعِ سَنَوات.
The Olympic Games are held every four years.
خَرَجَ الفَريقُ مِنَ الدَّوْرَةِ بَعْدَ خَسارَتِهِ في الدَّوْرِ النِّهائي.
The team exited the tournament after losing in the final round.
أَقَرَّ البَرْلَمانُ القانونَ في آخِرِ جَلْسَةٍ مِنْ دَوْرَتِهِ التَّشْريعيَّةِ الحاليَّة.
Parliament passed the law in the last session of its current legislative term.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeدَوْرَةٌدَوْراتٌ
Genitiveدَوْرَةٍدَوْراتٍ
Accusativeدَوْرَةًدَوْراتٍ
Vocativeيا دَوْرَةُيا دَوْراتُ

Word family

دَوْرturn, role, roundدائِرَةcircle, department, district
مُديرmanager, director
دارَto turn, revolve, go around
دَوّارroundabout, rotary

Etymology

The word comes from the Semitic triliteral root د-و-ر (d-w-r), which means to turn or revolve. A دَوْرَة is one turn of the wheel: a cycle, a round, or a course of study that comes around in sequence. The same root gives دار (to revolve), دائرة (circle), and مُدير (director).

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