دَارَةٌ
Root: دور
Full Definition
دَارَةٌ
: see دَائِرَةٌ, in two places. [Hence,] دَارَةٌ
القَمَرِ
The halo (هَاَلة) of the moon; as also
: (K * and TA in art. حلق:) pl. دَارَاتٌ. Dim.
دُوَيْرَةٌ . One says, فُلَانٌ وَجْهُهُ مِثْلُ دَارَةِ القَمَرِ [Such a one's face is like the halo of the moon]. And لَا تَخْرُجْ عَنْ الإِسْلَامِ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ القَمَرُ مِنْ دَارَتِهِ [Go not thou forth from the circle of ElIslám until the moon go forth from its halo].
2 Also A round space of sand; as also , incorrectly written in the K [and in some copies دَيْرَة]; and تَدْوِرَةٌ : pl. of the first دَارَاتٌ and دُورٌ: and pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] of the second دَيِّرٌ : 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.
3 And Any wide space of land among mountains: it is reckoned among productive low lands: or a plain, or soft, tract of land encompassed by mountains: or a wide and plain space of land so encompassed: or i. q. بُهْرَةٌ, except that this is always plain, or soft, whereas a دارة may be rugged and plain, or soft: or any clear and open space among sands.
4 And Any place that is surrounded and confined by a thing.
5 See also دَارٌ, in three places.
def.2 دَارَةُ, determinate, and imperfectly decl., Calamity, or misfortune.
2 Also A round space of sand; as also , incorrectly written in the K [and in some copies دَيْرَة]; and تَدْوِرَةٌ : pl. of the first دَارَاتٌ and دُورٌ: and pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] of the second دَيِّرٌ : 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.
3 And Any wide space of land among mountains: it is reckoned among productive low lands: or a plain, or soft, tract of land encompassed by mountains: or a wide and plain space of land so encompassed: or i. q. بُهْرَةٌ, except that this is always plain, or soft, whereas a دارة may be rugged and plain, or soft: or any clear and open space among sands.
4 And Any place that is surrounded and confined by a thing.
5 See also دَارٌ, in three places.
def.2 دَارَةُ, determinate, and imperfectly decl., Calamity, or misfortune.
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