Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
دور
Qur'an Occurrences
55 times across 27 surahs

Definitions (1)

Meanings associated with the root دور across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.

  1. 1
    The root دَارٌ (dār) primarily denotes a house, mansion, or any place of abode, often including a courtyard.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: d-w-r
Listen: دَيَّارًا 71:26
Root letters: د — و — ر

Word Family Tree (26 forms)

All word forms derived from the root دور as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.

Noun 53× Verb

Concordance — 55 Occurrences

Every place in the Qur'an where the root دور appears, grouped by grammatical role.

Noun (51) · Verb (2)

Noun (51 verses — showing first 5)

Jonah 10:25 Noun
وَٱللَّهُ یَدۡعُوۤا۟ إِلَىٰ دَارِ ٱلسَّلَـٰمِ وَیَهۡدِی مَن یَشَاۤءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَ ٰطࣲ مُّسۡتَقِیمࣲ ۝٢٥
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And Allah invites to the Home of Peace and guides whom He wills to a straight pat
Hud 11:65 Noun
فَعَقَرُوهَا فَقَالَ تَمَتَّعُوا۟ فِی دَارِكُمۡ ثَلَـٰثَةَ أَیَّامࣲۖ ذَ ٰلِكَ وَعۡدٌ غَیۡرُ مَكۡذُوبࣲ ۝٦٥
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): But they hamstrung her, so he said, "Enjoy yourselves in your homes for three days. That is a promise not to be denied."
Hud 11:67 Noun
وَأَخَذَ ٱلَّذِینَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ٱلصَّیۡحَةُ فَأَصۡبَحُوا۟ فِی دِیَـٰرِهِمۡ جَـٰثِمِینَ ۝٦٧
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And the shriek seized those who had wronged, and they became within their homes [corpses] fallen pron
Hud 11:94 Noun
وَلَمَّا جَاۤءَ أَمۡرُنَا نَجَّیۡنَا شُعَیۡبࣰا وَٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ بِرَحۡمَةࣲ مِّنَّا وَأَخَذَتِ ٱلَّذِینَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ٱلصَّیۡحَةُ فَأَصۡبَحُوا۟ فِی دِیَـٰرِهِمۡ جَـٰثِمِینَ ۝٩٤
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And when Our command came, We saved Shu'ayb and those who believed with him, by mercy from Us. And the shriek seized those who had wronged, and they became within their homes [corpses] fallen pron
Joseph 12:109 Noun
وَمَاۤ أَرۡسَلۡنَا مِن قَبۡلِكَ إِلَّا رِجَالࣰا نُّوحِیۤ إِلَیۡهِم مِّنۡ أَهۡلِ ٱلۡقُرَىٰۤۗ أَفَلَمۡ یَسِیرُوا۟ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ فَیَنظُرُوا۟ كَیۡفَ كَانَ عَـٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِینَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡۗ وَلَدَارُ ٱلۡءَاخِرَةِ خَیۡرࣱ لِّلَّذِینَ ٱتَّقَوۡا۟ۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ ۝١٠٩
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And We sent not before you [as messengers] except men to whom We revealed from among the people of cities. So have they not traveled through the earth and observed how was the end of those before them? And the home of the Hereafter is best for those who fear Allah ; then will you not reason

Derived Forms (26)

Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
ٱلدَّارِ ldaāri Noun
دِيَٰرِهِمْ diyarihim Noun
دَارُ daāru Noun
دَارِهِمْ daārihim Noun
دِيَٰرِكُمْ diyarikum Noun
ٱلدَّارَ ldaāra Noun
دَارَ daāra Noun
دَآئِرَةُ daāirahu Noun
ٱلدَّارُ ldaāru Noun
دِيَٰرِهِم diyarihim Noun