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قدر
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Arabic
Etymology 1
Verb
قَدَرَ • (qadara) I (non-past يَقْدِرُ (yaqdiru), verbal noun قُدْرَة (qudra) or مَقْدُرَة (maqdura) or مَقْدَرَة (maqdara) or مَقْدِرَة (maqdira))
قَدِرَ • (qadira) I (non-past يَقْدَرُ (yaqdaru), verbal noun قَدَر (qadar))
- to have power [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘over someone’]
- to be equal to, to be up to
- to be able to [with عَلَى (ʕalā) or أَن (ʔan, + subjunctive clause) ‘do(ing) something’]
- كي نضمِّن أن توصلنا قراراتنا في المجالات الأخلاقية إلى نتائج جيدة، لا نقدر أن نتَّكل فقط على إحساسنا أو رأي الآخرين.
- In order to ensure that our decisions in ethical areas lead to good results, we cannot rely solely on our own feelings or the opinions of others.
Conjugation
Etymology 2
Verb
قَدَّرَ • (qaddara) II (non-past يُقَدِّرُ (yuqaddiru), verbal noun تَقْدِير (taqdīr))
- to determine, to fix
- to estimate, to assess, to forecast
- to foresee, to wager
- to enable someone to something (with accusative and عَلَى)
Conjugation
Etymology 3
Noun
قَدْر • (qadr) m (plural أَقْدَار (ʔaqdār))
- quantity, quantum, measure, magnitude, size, bulk, proportion, extent, space, amount, sum, number
- هٰذَا قَدْرُ ذَاكَ ― hāḏā qadru ḏāka ― this is as much as that
- هُمْ قَدْرُ مِئَةٍ ― hum qadru miʔatin ― they are as many as 100
- أَقَمْتُ عِنْدَهُ قَدْرَ أَنْ يَفْعَلَ كَذَا
- ʔaqamtu ʕindahu qadra ʔan yafʕala kaḏā
- I remained at his house long enough for him to do thus
- عَلَى قَدْرٍ مَا ― ʕalā qadrin mā ― to a certain extent
- worth, value
- greatness, majesty, honorableness, nobleness
- preordained destiny, predestination, fate
- will of God, divine decree, providence
- might, power, position, influence, wealth
Declension
Descendants
- → Armenian: ղադր (ġadr)
- → Georgian: ყადრი (q̇adri)
- → Bats: ყადრ (q̇adr)
- → Hausa: ƙàddar̃ā̀
- → Yoruba: kádàrá
- → Persian: قدر, قه (qa) (Dari, colloquial)
- → Somali: khadar
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863-1893), “قدر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “قدر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
Etymology 4
Noun
قَدَر • (qadar) m (plural أَقْدَار (ʔaqdār))
- verbal noun of قَدِرَ (qadira, “to be able to”) (form I)
- fate, destiny
- power, capacity, faculty
- ability
- competence
- sufficiency, riches
- quantity, measure, size, space, amount, sum, number
- worth, value
- greatness, majesty, honorableness, nobleness
Declension
Derived terms
- قَضَاءٌ وَقَدَرٌ (qaḍāʔun wa-qadarun, coordinated pair)
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863-1893), “قدر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “قدر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
Etymology 5
- Compare Hebrew קְדֵרָה (q'derá)
Noun
قِدْر • (qidr) f (plural قُدُور (qudūr))
Declension
Descendants
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863-1893), “قدر”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “قدر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
- Wehr, Hans (1960), “قدر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz
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Egyptian Arabic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
قدر • (ʔidir) I (non-past يقدر (yiʔdar))
- to be able to, to can
Conjugation
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Hijazi Arabic
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Noun
قدر • (gidir) m (construct state قِدْر (gidr), plural قدور (gudūr))
- cooking pot
- Synonym: حلة (ḥalla)
Etymology 4
From Arabic قَدَرَ (qadara) or قَدِرَ (qadira).
Pronunciation
Verb
قدر • (gidir) I (non-past يقدر (yigdar), active participle قادر (gādir))
- to be up to (doing something), to be able to (do something)
Conjugation
Etymology 5
From Arabic قَدَّرَ (qaddara).
Pronunciation
Verb
قدر • (gaddar) II (non-past يقدر (yigddir))
- to appreciate
- to estimate
Conjugation
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Old Anatolian Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian قدر (qadar, qadr), from Arabic قَدْر (qadr).
Noun
قَدَرْ • (qädär)
Descendants
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish قَدَرْ (qädär), from Persian قدر (qadar, qadr), from Arabic قَدْر (qadr).
Adverb
قدر • (kadar)
Noun
قدر • (kadar)
Descendants
Further reading
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “قدر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 948
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Persian
Alternative forms
- قه (qa) (Dari, colloquial)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈqadɾ/, /qa.ˈdaɾ/
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [qǽd̪ɹ], [qæ.d̪ǽɹ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [qád̪ɾ], [qä.d̪áɾ]
Noun
قدر • (qadr or qadar)
- amount, quantity, size
- importance, value, worth
- Synonym: ارزش (arzeš)
- dignity, rank
- preordained destiny, predestination, fate
- will of God, divine decree, providence
- (mathematics) value
- قدر مطلق
- qadr-e motlaq
- absolute value
- (astronomy) magnitude of a star
- قدر ظاهری
- qadr-e zâheri
- apparent magnitude
Derived terms
Descendants
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South Levantine Arabic
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Verb
قدر • (ʔidir) I (present بقدر (biʔdar), active participle قادر (ʔāder))
- to be able to (do something)
Conjugation
Etymology 2
From Arabic قَدَّرَ (qaddara).
Pronunciation
Verb
قدّر • (ʔaddar) II (present بقدّر (biʔadder))
- to appreciate, to estimate, to value
Conjugation
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