دور

دَارَةٌ دار داره دارة : see دَائِرَةٌ, in two places. [Hence,] دَارَةٌ القَمَرِ The halo (هَاَلة) of the moon; (S, A, Msb, * K;) as also ↓ دَوَّارَة: (K * and TA in art. حلق:) pl. دَارَاتٌ. (Msb.) Dim. ↓ دُوَيْرَةٌ. (Har p. 609.) One says, فُلَانٌ وَجْهُهُ مِثْلُ دَارَةِ القَمَرِ [ Such a one's face is like the halo of the moon ]. (TA.) And الاـِسْلَامِ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ القَمَرُ مِنْ ↓ لَا تَخْرُجْ عَنْ دَائِرَةِ دَارَتِهِ [ Go not thou forth from the circle of ElIslám until the moon go forth from its halo ]. (A.) ― -b2- Also A round space of sand; (K;) as also ↓ دَيّرَةٌ, incorrectly written in the K ↓ دِيرَة (TA) [and in some copies دَيْرَة]; and ↓ تَدْوِرَةٌ: pl. of the first دَارَاتٌ and دُورٌ: (K:) and pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] of the second ↓ دَيِّرٌ: (TA:) or دَارَةٌ signifies, accord. to As, a round tract of sand with a vacancy in the middle; as also ↓ دُورَةٌ, or, as others say, ↓ دَوْرَةٌ, and ↓ دَوَّارَةٌ and ↓ دَيِّرَةٌ; and sometimes people sit and drink there. (T.) ― -b3- And Any wide space of land among mountains: (K:) it is reckoned among productive low lands: (AHn:) or a plain, or soft, tract of land encompassed by mountains: (A:) or a wide and plain space of land so encompassed: (As:) or i. q. بُهْرَةٌ, except that this is always plain, or soft, whereas a دارة may be rugged and plain, or soft: (Aboo-Fak'as, Kr:) or any clear and open space among sands. (TA.) ― -b4- And Any place that is surrounded and confined by a thing. (T, A.) ― -b5- See also دَارٌ, in three places. -A2- دَارَةُ, determinate, (M, K,) and imperfectly decl., (M,) Calamity, or misfortune. (Kr, M, K.)