1. around / in a circle — Preposition and adverb indicating circular spatial orientation, meaning 'around, round about, in a circle, surrounding.' All three clusters are syntactic variants of the same spatial concept used prepositionally and adverbially. Multilingual evidence confirms unity: eng 'around/in-circle/surrounding,' spa 'alrededor/en-circulo,' hin ghere/chaaron-or/aaspaas (घेरे/चारों-ओर/आसपास), arb hawla/daa'ira (حَوْل/دَائِرَة), kor dungre/dulre (둥레/둘레), swa 'kuzunguka/mzunguko/zinazozunguka.' 8×
AR["حَلْقَةً","حَولَ","حَوْلَ","حَوْلَها","دَائِرَةً"]·ben["চারদিকে","চারপাশে","চারপাশের","বৃত্তে"]·DE["ringsumher","κύκλῳ"]·EN["around","in-a-circle","in-circle","surrounding"]·FR["autour"]·heb["מִסָּבִיב","סָבִיב","עִגּוּל"]·HI["आसपास-के","खेतों","गोल-गोल","घेरे","चारों-ओर","सिखाता-हुआ"]·ID["berkeliling","melingkar","sekeliling","sekitar"]·IT["intorno","kuklo","kuklō"]·jav["bunder","ngubengi","sakiwa-tengen","sakubengipun","sakubengipun,"]·KO["두루","둘레에","둥레","주변에,","주변의","주위의"]·PT["ao-redor","arredores","em-círculo"]·RU["вокруг","вокруг-","до-","кругом","окрестные"]·ES["alrededor","en-círculo"]·SW["kukizunguka","kuzunguka","mashamba","mzunguko","zinazozunguka"]·TR["etrafında","çevrede","çevredeki","çevresinde"]·urd["ارد-گرد","دائرے-میں","چاروں-طرف"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
Related to: κυκλ-έω, wheel along, in Refs 8th c.BC+ __2 move round or in a circle, ὁδοῖς κυκλῶν ἐμαυτὸν εἰς ἀναστροφήν Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπ᾽ ἀνδρὶ δυσμενεῖ βάσιν κυκλοῦντα, metaphorically, from dogs questing about for the scent, Refs 5th c.BC+; κ. πρόσωπον, ὄμμα, look round, look about, Refs 5th c.BC+; ={κυκλεύω}Refs 5th c.BC+ __3 bring round, repeat, τὸν αὐτὸν λόγον Refs 4th c.BC+ __II middle and…