دَوَّارٌ
Root: دور
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دَوَّارٌ
[Turning round, circling, or revolving,] applied to the firmament, or celestial orb.
2 Applied likewise to time, or fortune; as also دَوَّارِىٌّ , which is said to be a rel. n., but is not so accord. to AAF, though having the form thereof, like كُرْسِىٌّ, the ى being a corroborative: (Msb voce وَحْشِىٌّ:) thus in the saying,
def.2 See also دُوَارٌ, in two places.
2 Applied likewise to time, or fortune; as also دَوَّارِىٌّ , which is said to be a rel. n., but is not so accord. to AAF, though having the form thereof, like كُرْسِىٌّ, the ى being a corroborative: (Msb voce وَحْشِىٌّ:) thus in the saying,
occurring in a poem of El-'Ajjáj, and دَوَّارٌ, i. e. And time, or fortune, turns man about from one state, or condition, to another: or turns him about much. (Msb in art. وحش.)وَالدَّهْرُ بِٱلْإِنْسَانِ
def.2 See also دُوَارٌ, in two places.
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