दौर
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian دور (dawr), from Arabic دَوْر (dawr).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /d̪ɔːɾ/
Noun
दौर • (daur) m (Urdu spelling دور)
- round, stage, level
- Synonym: क्रम (kram)
- यह मुक़ाबले का आख़िरी दौर है।
- yah muqāble kā āxirī daur hai.
- This is the last round of the challenge.
- period, era, age
- cycle, circuit
- Synonym: चक्कर (cakkar)
- tour
- vicissitude, twist and turn
- (literally) revolving, rotation
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | दौर daur |
दौर daur |
| oblique | दौर daur |
दौरों daurõ |
| vocative | दौर daur |
दौरो dauro |
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दौर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press