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دور
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaدَوَّارٌ دوار [ Turning round, circling, or revolving, ] applied to the firmament, or celestial orb. (A.) ― -b2- Applied likewise to time, or fortune; (M, K;) as also ↓ دَوَّارِىٌّ, (S, M, A, K,) which is said to be a rel. n., but is not so accord. to AAF, though having the form thereof, like كُرْسِىٌّ, (M,) the ى being a corroborative: (Msb voce وَحْشِىٌّ:) thus in the saying, ↓ وَالدَّهْرُ بِا@لْاـِنْسَانِ دَوَّارِىُّ (S, M, * A, * K, *) occurring in a poem of El-'Ajjáj, (S,) and دَوَّارٌ, (M, K,) i. e. And time, or fortune, turns man about from one state, or condition, to another: (S, M, * A, K: *) or turns him about much. (Msb in art. وحش.) -A2- See also دُوَارٌ, in two places.
Derived headwords
دَوَّارٌ
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