دُوَارٌ
Root: دور
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دُوَارٌ
A vertigo, or giddiness in the head; as also
دَوَارٌ .
def.2 Also, and دَوَارٌ , or الدُّوَارُ and , and and , A certain idol, which the Arabs set up, and around it they made a space, round which they turned, or circled: and the same name they applied to the space above mentioned: it is said that they thus compassed it certain weeks, like as people compass the Kaabeh: or certain stones around which they circled, in imitation of people compassing the Kaabeh. Imra-el- Keys says,
def.2 Also, and دَوَارٌ , or الدُّوَارُ and , and and , A certain idol, which the Arabs set up, and around it they made a space, round which they turned, or circled: and the same name they applied to the space above mentioned: it is said that they thus compassed it certain weeks, like as people compass the Kaabeh: or certain stones around which they circled, in imitation of people compassing the Kaabeh. Imra-el- Keys says,
[Virgins making the circuit of Duwár, inعَذَارَى دُوَارٍ فِى مُلَآءٍ مُذَيَّلِ
[In the sandy tract around a pool of water left by a torrent, containing plants of the kinds called 'arár and hullab].بِدُّوَارِ نِهْى ذِى عَرَارٍ وَحُلَّبِ
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