دَارَةٌ
1.
See دَايءِرَةٌ.
[Hence,] دَارَةٌ القَمَرِ The halo (هَاَلة) of the moon; (S, A, Msb, * K;) as also دَوَّارَة: (K * and TA in article حلق:) plural دَارَاتٌ. (Msb.) Dim. دُوَيْرَةٌ. (Har p. 609.) One says, فُلَانٌ وَجْهُهُ مِثْلُ دَارَةِ القَمَرِ [Such a one's face is like the halo of the moon]. (TA.) And الإِسْلَامِ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ القَمَرُ مِنْ لَا تَخْرُجْ عَنْ دَايءِرَةِ دَارَتِهِ [Go not thou forth from the circle of ElIslám until the moon go forth from its halo]. (A.)2.
Also A round space of sand; (K;) as also
دَيّرَةٌ, incorrectly written in the K
دِيرَة (TA) [and in some copies دَيْرَة]; and
تَدْوِرَةٌ: plural of the first دَارَاتٌ and دُورٌ: (K:) and plural [or rather coll. gen. n.] of the second
دَيِّرٌ: (TA:) or دَارَةٌ signifies, according to As, a round tract of sand with a vacancy in the middle; as also
دُورَةٌ, or, as others say,
دَوْرَةٌ, and
دَوَّارَةٌ and
دَيِّرَةٌ; and sometimes people sit and drink there. (T.)
3.
And Any wide space of land among mountains: (K:) it is reckoned among productive low lands: (AHn:) or a plain, or soft, tract of land encompassed by mountains: (A:) or a wide and plain space of land so encompassed: (As:) or i. q.
بُهْرَةٌ, except that this is always plain, or soft, whereas a دارة may be rugged and plain, or soft: (Aboo-Fak'as, Kr:) or any clear and open space among sands. (TA.)
5.
See also دَارٌ, in three places.