دار

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دار¹

Where it comes from

Derived from the active participle of the verb دَرَّ (darra, “to flow copiously”).

adjective دَارّ · dārr · دَارَّة · دَارُّون · دَارَّات

  1. flowing copiously
  2. productive, rich, lucrative
  3. profitable

دار²

  • /daː.ra/
  • /daːr/

Where it comes from

The noun originally referred to the buildings surrounding a court. Cognate with Akkadian 𒂦 (dūrum, “city wall”) and Biblical Hebrew דּוּר (dûr, “to move in a circle”), דָּר (dār, “to dwell”) and דּוֹר (dôr, “habitation”).

verb دَارَ · dāra · يَدُورُ · دَوْر · دَوَرَان

  1. transitive to revolve, to rotate, to spin, to turn, to circle تَدُورُ ٱلْأَرْضُ حَوْلَ ٱلشَّمْسِ.

    Similar: طَافَ

  2. to be spread, to circulate, to make the rounds (e.g. of rumours)
  3. to veer, to shift, to change direction
  4. figuratively to concern, to relate to, to revolve around يَدُورُ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ حَوْلَ عَمَلِهِ
  5. transitive to turn (one's face to) دَارَ بَالَهٌ

    Similar: اِلْتَفَتَ

noun دَار · dār · دُور · دِيَار · دِيَارَات · دِيَرَة

  1. house
  2. building, structure, edifice
  3. land, country

In English

  • abode slightly dated: residence
  • country region of land
  • building closed structure with walls and a roof
  • house human abode
  • turn intransitive: move around an axis through itself

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {دار},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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