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مَدَارٌ

Root: دور

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مَدَارٌ an Verbal.Noun of دَارَ.

def.2 And also, as a proper subst., The axis of the firmament, or celestial orb, [&c.]
2 [And hence, The point upon which a question, or the like, turns. Pl. مَدَارَاتٌ.]
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