Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

دُوَّامَةٌ

Root: دوم

Full Definition

دُوَّامَةٌ The فَلْكَة [or round thing, i. e. top,] which the boy throws, and makes to revolve, or spin, upon the ground, by means of a string: the derivation of the word has been explained above: see 2, in two places: pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] دُوَّامٌ .
2 دُوَّامَةُ البَحْرِ [The whirlpool of the sea; so in the present day;] the middle of the sea, upon which the waves circle (تدوم [i. e. تُدَوِّم]).


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