दौरा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دوره (dawra), from Arabic دَوْرَة (dawra).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪ɔː.ɾɑː/, [d̪ɔː.ɾäː]

Noun

दौरा • (daurā) m (Urdu spelling دورَہ)

1. tour, visit; circuit

   Synonyms: फेरा (pherā), चक्कर (cakkar)

   उसके दौरे से ठीक पहले उसकी गिरफ़्तारी हो गई।

   uske daure se ṭhīk pahle uskī giraftārī ho gaī.

   He was taken into custody right before his tour.

2. turn, revolution

   Synonyms: दौर (daur), चक्कर (cakkar)

3. fit, outbreak

   दिल का दौरा ― dil kā daurā ― heart attack

Declension

Declension of दौरा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दौरा daurā	दौरे daure
oblique	दौरे daure	दौरों daurõ
vocative	दौरे daure	दौरो dauro

Derived terms

• दौरा करना (daurā karnā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “दौरा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دوره (dawra), from Arabic دَوْرَة (dawra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪əu.ɾa/

Noun

दौरा • (daurā) m

1. tour, visit

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “दौरा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “दौरा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).