doura دورة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“doura” (دورة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning tour, stroll, outing.
Meanings
- tour, stroll, outing
- turn, rotation, cycle
- session, tournament, course
Usage
Doura is used first of all for a tour or a stroll around town or by car. Na3mlou doura means "let's go for a spin". The word also refers to a full turn or a cycle, as in dourat el ma (the water cycle). In a more formal register, it refers to a training session, or an edition of a festival or tournament: doura takwiniya, a training course. Do not confuse it with dour, which means "your turn, your place" in a queue. The plural is dourat.
Example
زادة يعملوا في دورة باش يعرفوا بلادهم .
zeda ya3mlou fi doura bech ya3rfou bledHom .
“They also go on a tour to get to know their country.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “doura” but also “dawra”, “dora” and “dourra”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “doura” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “stroll, short outing”; “full round, circuit”: dora in Moroccan.