دَائِرَةٌ
Root: دور
Full Definition
2 A ring: or the like thereof; a circle: and a round thing: as also دَارَةٌ ; pl. as above. See an ex. voce دَارَةٌ.
3 The circular, or spiral, curl of hair upon the crown of a man's head: or the place of the دُؤَابَة. Hence the prov., مَا ٱقْشَعَرَّتْ لَهُ دَائِرَتِى [The circular, or spiral, curl of hair upon the crown of my head did not stand erect on account of him]: said of him who threatens thee with a thing but does not harm thee.
4 [What is called, in a horse, A feather; or portion of the hair naturally curled or frizzled, in a spiral manner or otherwise]: pl. دَوَائِرُ. In a horse are eighteen دوائر, which are distinguished by different names, as القَهْعَةُ and القَالِعُ and النَّاخِسُ and اللَّطَاةُ [&c.].
5 The round thing [or depression] that is beneath the nose, which is likewise called نُونَةٌ; as also دَوَّارَةٌ and دَيِّرَةٌ . [But the دَائِرَة in the middle of the upper lip is The small protuberance termed حِثْرِمَةٌ, q. v.]
def.2 A turn of fortune: and especially an evil accident; a misfortune; a calamity; as also دَوْرَةٌ : defeat; rout: slaughter: death: pl. as above. You say, دَارَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الدَّوَائِرُ Calamities befell them. And hence, دَائِرَةُ السُّوْءِ [and السَّوْءِ, in the Kur ix. 99 and xlviii. 6,] Calamity which befalls and destroys. (Msb. [See also art. سوأ.])
def.3 Also A piece of wood which is stuck in the ground in the middle of a heap of wheat in the place where it is trodden, around which the bulls or cows turn.
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