دائره

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic دَائِرَة (dāʔira).

Noun

دائره • (daire) (plural دوائر (devair))

  1. that goes round or surrounds; circle; circumference, ring
  2. department or subdivision of administration
  3. suite of apartments or offices
  4. figurative point or degree (of greatness, etc.)
  5. dayereh, tambourine
  6. (prosody) schedule of metres arranged in circular form
  7. calamity

Descendants

  • Turkish: daire
  • → Albanian: dajré
  • → Armenian: դայրա (dayra), դայիրա (dayira), դահրե (dahre), դըհարե (dəhare), դահիրա (dahira), դարյա (darya)
  • → Aromanian: daire
  • → Bulgarian: дайре́ (dajré)
  • → Greek: νταϊρές (ntaïrés)
  • → Macedonian: дајре (dajre)
  • → Romanian: dairea, daierea, daerea, daera, daira, dara
  • → Serbo-Croatian: даире / daire

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