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دور · دَوْر — far, distant

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Looks the same, means something else. Watch out.

Arabic

دَوْر
dawr

/dawr/

In Arabic

turn, role; round; floor (in Egypt and the Gulf)

Arabic says: بَعِيد baʿīd

Persian

دور
dur

/dur/

In Persian

far, distant

Note. A coincidence: Persian dur 'far' is Iranian. Arabic dawr 'turn, round' was also borrowed into Persian as dowr, spelled the same, so context decides.

Sources: Dehkhoda · Moʻin · Wehr