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- Pronunciation
- dawr
- Arabizi
dawr- Type
- noun · masculine
- Plural
- أَدْوَار adwār
- Root
- د-و-ر
How to use it
The noun دَوْر means "turn" in the sense of a chance or a role. It is masculine; its plural is أَدْوَار. Use it for both "your turn" and "a role in a play".
Example sentences
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حانَ دَوْرُكَ الآنَ.
ḥāna dawruka al-ān.
It's your turn now.
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لَديهِ دَوْرٌ فِي المَسْرَحِ.
ladayhi dawrun fī al-masraḥi.
He has a role in the play.
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تَناوبْنَا على دَوْرِ السِّياقةِ.
tanābanna ʿalā dawri al-siyāqati.
We took turns driving.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
It'll turn up.
سيتم الامر
China’s U-Turn
منعطف الصين
It's your turn.
إنه دورك.
Ken's turn came.
أتى دور كين.
Let's turn back.
لنعد أدراجنا.
Please turn over.
استدر من فضلك.
Japan’s Nationalist Turn
اليابان والتحول القومي
So I turn myself on when, I turn my desires, I wake up when...
لذلك أشغل نفسي عندما، أحول رغباتي، أستيقظ عندما...
Thought he could turn back the waves; couldn't turn back the waves.
اعتقد أنه كان يستطيع العودة الى الوراء. لا يمكن العودة الى الوراء.
and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside to fables.
فيصرفون مسامعهم عن الحق وينحرفون الى الخرافات.
The wind may turn, but the animal will turn always its nose into the wind.
قد تتقلب الرياح، ولكن الحيوان سيقلب أنفه في الرياح
This discursive turn within feminist analysis reflects the turn within political science as a whole.
ويهذا التحول الاستطرادي داخل التحليل النسوي يعكس التحول في العلوم السياسية ككل.
Questions and answers
Can "دور" be used for "turn" in traffic?
Yes, you can say "دور القيادة" or simply "دورك".
What is the opposite of "دور"?
The opposite idea is "عدم الدور" or "الانتظار" (waiting).
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