Arabic word sheet
دَارٌ
House, home
- Type
- noun
- Root
- د و ر
Meaning and usage
House, home
The place where one lives, made up of buildings and a courtyard: the large house with its outbuildings, as opposed to a single room or a tent.
سَكَنَتْ لَيْلَى فِي دَارٍ وَاسِعَةٍ.
Laylā lived in a spacious house.
Place where a group has settled
Any spot where people have halted and settled, whether or not anything is built there: their abode, their encampment.
جَعَلَ الرُّعَاةُ الْوَادِيَ دَارًا لَهُمْ.
The herdsmen made the valley their abode.
Country, land
By extension, the region or town where a group lives: someone's country, his land.
اِشْتَاقَ الْمُسَافِرُ إِلَى دَارِ قَوْمِهِ.
The traveller longed for the land of his people.
Plural
دِيَارٌ / دُورٌ
Word family
What the root means د و ر
The root carries the idea of turning, going round and coming back to where one started. From it come the turn, the circle, what is round and dizziness; an early grammarian ties the house to it, for the comings and goings of those who live there.
to turn, to go round
دَارَ
to make something turn
أَدَارَ
a turn, a round
دَوْرٌ
circle
دَائِرَةٌ
round
مُدَوَّرٌ
dizziness
دُوَارٌ
Synonyms
dwelling, lodging
مَنْزِلٌ
It is at first the place where one halts and lodges, even for a short while, whereas the headword suggests the home where one is settled.
house, room one lives in
It is the dwelling itself, a room or tent where one spends the night, whereas the headword names the larger whole, with its courtyard.