duar

See also: du är

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Representing a colloquial pronunciation of Arabic دَوّار‎ (dawwār).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈduːɑː/

Noun

duar (plural duars)

  1. A camp or village of tents in an Arabic country.
    • 1882: The duar is in general made up of ten, fifteen, or twenty families, who are related to each other, and each family has a tent. — Edmondo de Amicis, Morocco: Its People & Places, tr. C. Rollin-Tilton

Anagrams

Rohingya

Etymology

From Sanskrit द्वार (dvāra)

Noun

duar

  1. door

Swedish

Verb

duar

  1. present tense of dua.
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