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دَارَةٌ دار داره دارة : see دَائِرَةٌ, in two places. [Hence,] دَارَةٌ القَمَرِ The halo (هَاَلة) of the moon; (S, A, Msb, * K;) as also ↓ دَوَّارَة : (K * and TA in art. حلق:) pl. دَارَاتٌ. (Msb.) Dim. ↓ دُوَيْرَةٌ . (Har p. 609.) One says, فُلَانٌ وَجْهُهُ مِثْلُ دَارَةِ القَمَرِ [Such a one's face is like the halo of the moon]. (TA.) And الإِِسْلَامِ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ القَمَرُ مِنْ ↓ لَا تَخْرُجْ عَنْ دَائِرَةِ دَارَتِهِ [Go not thou forth from the circle of ElIslám until the moon go forth from its halo]. (A.) ― -b2- Also A round space of sand; (K;) as also ↓ دَيّرَةٌ , incorrectly written in the K ↓ دِيرَة (TA) [and in some copies دَيْرَة]; and ↓ تَدْوِرَةٌ : pl. of the first دَارَاتٌ and دُورٌ: (K:) and pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] of the second ↓ دَيِّرٌ : (TA:) or دَارَةٌ signifies, accord. to As, a round tract of sand with a vacancy in the middle; as also ↓ دُورَةٌ , or, as others say, ↓ دَوْرَةٌ , and ↓ دَوَّارَةٌ and ↓ دَيِّرَةٌ ; and sometimes people sit and drink there. (T.) ― -b3- And Any wide space of land among mountains: (K:) it is reckoned among productive low lands: (AHn:) or a plain, or soft, tract of land encompassed by mountains: (A:) or a wide and plain space of land so encompassed: (As:) or i. q. بُهْرَةٌ, except that this is always plain, or soft, whereas a دارة may be rugged and plain, or soft: (Aboo-Fak'as, Kr:) or any clear and open space among sands. (TA.) ― -b4- And Any place that is surrounded and confined by a thing. (T, A.) ― -b5- See also دَارٌ, in three places. -A2- دَارَةُ, determinate, (M, K,) and imperfectly decl., (M,) Calamity, or misfortune. (Kr, M, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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