قرار

See also: فرار, قزاز, and فراز

Arabic

Root
ق ر ر (q-r-r)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qa.raːr/

• Audio

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Noun

قَرَار • (qarār) m (plural قَرَارَات (qarārāt))

1. verbal noun of قَرَّ (qarra, “to be established, settled”) (form I)
2. decision
3. fixed residence, domicile

   Synonyms: بَيْت (bayt), سَكَن (sakan), مَسْكَن (maskan)

4. secure dwelling

   Synonym: مَقَر (maqar)

5. stability

   Synonym: اِسْتِقْرَار (istiqrār)

6. steadiness
7. perseverance
8. rest, quietude
9. patience
10. assurance, promise, agreement
11. security
12. truth
13. consent
14. deepest spot, bottom, low plain
    • Souad al-Sabah

      يَا لَهُمْ، وَاللُّؤْلُؤُ الْمَكْنُونُ فِي جَوْفِ الْبِحَارِ / لَمْ يَزَلْ يَسْأَلُ عَنْهُمْ كُلَّ لَيْلٍ وَنَهَارِ
      لَمْ يَزَلْ فِي شُعَبِ الْمَرْجَانِ حَيًّا وَدَفِينًا / فِي قَرَارٍ لَمْ تَطَأْهُ قَدَمٌ مُنْذُ سِنِينَ

      yā lahum, walluʔluʔ al-maknūnu fī jawfi l-biḥār / lam yazal yasʔalu ʕanhum kulla laylin wanahār
      lam yazal fī šuʕabi l-marjāni ḥayyan wadafīn / fī qarārin lam taṭaʔhu qadamun munḏu sinīn

      To them, and the pearls located in the depths of the seas / still asking for them every night and day
      Still in the reefs alive and buried / in a place no foot had touched for years

15. pool

Declension

Declension of noun قَرَار (qarār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَرَار qarār	الْقَرَار al-qarār	قَرَار qarār
Nominative	قَرَارٌ qarārun	الْقَرَارُ al-qarāru	قَرَارُ qarāru
Accusative	قَرَارًا qarāran	الْقَرَارَ al-qarāra	قَرَارَ qarāra
Genitive	قَرَارٍ qarārin	الْقَرَارِ al-qarāri	قَرَارِ qarāri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَرَارَيْن qarārayn	الْقَرَارَيْن al-qarārayn	قَرَارَيْ qarāray
Nominative	قَرَارَانِ qarārāni	الْقَرَارَانِ al-qarārāni	قَرَارَا qarārā
Accusative	قَرَارَيْنِ qarārayni	الْقَرَارَيْنِ al-qarārayni	قَرَارَيْ qarāray
Genitive	قَرَارَيْنِ qarārayni	الْقَرَارَيْنِ al-qarārayni	قَرَارَيْ qarāray
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَرَارَات qarārāt	الْقَرَارَات al-qarārāt	قَرَارَات qarārāt
Nominative	قَرَارَاتٌ qarārātun	الْقَرَارَاتُ al-qarārātu	قَرَارَاتُ qarārātu
Accusative	قَرَارَاتٍ qarārātin	الْقَرَارَاتِ al-qarārāti	قَرَارَاتِ qarārāti
Genitive	قَرَارَاتٍ qarārātin	الْقَرَارَاتِ al-qarārāti	قَرَارَاتِ qarārāti

Descendants

• → Gulf Arabic: قرار (qarār) (learned)
• → Azerbaijani: qərar
• → Bashkir: ҡарар (qarar)
• → Kazakh: қарар (qarar)
• → Ottoman Turkish: قرار (karar)
  • Turkish: karar
  • → Armenian: խարար (xarar), ղարար (ġarar), կարար (karar)
• → Persian: قرار (qarâr)
  • → Bengali: করার (korar)
  • → Chagatai: قرار (qarār)
    • Uyghur: قارار (qarar)
    • Uzbek: qaror
  • → Hindustani: qarār

    Hindi: क़रार

    Urdu: قَرار (qarār)

  • → Punjabi: ਕਰਾਰ (karār)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “قرار”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ر ر
2 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic قَرَار (qarār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.raːr/, [qa.raːr]

Noun

قرار • (garār) m (plural قرارات (garārāt))

1. decision

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic قَرَار (qarār).

Noun

قرار • (karar)

1. decision, resolution
2. (law) decree
3. (music) pause

Descendants

• Turkish: karar
• → Armenian: խարար (xarar), ղարար (ġarar), կարար (karar)

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “karâr”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[2] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 587
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَرَار (qarār).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [qa.ˈɾɑːɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qä.ɾɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qä.ɾɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qä.ɾɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qä.ɾɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qæ.ɹɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qä.ɾɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	qarār
Dari reading?	qarār
Iranian reading?	ğarâr
Tajik reading?	qaror

Noun

Dari	قرار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	қарор

قرار • (qarâr) (plural قرارات (qarârât))

1. arrangement; agreement
2. rest; repose; calm

   Synonyms: آرامش (ârâmeš), آسایش (âsâyeš), استراحت (esterâhat)

   • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 2”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]‎^[3]:

     قَرَار و خْوَاب زِ حَافِظ طَمَع مَدَار اَی دوسْت
     قَرَار چِیسْت؟ صَبُورِی کُدَام و خْوَاب کُجَا؟

     qarār u xwāb z-i hāfiz tama' madār ay dōst
     qarār čīst? sabūrī kudām u xwāb kujā?

     Seek not rest and sleep from Hafez, o friend;
     What is rest? What is patience, and where is sleep?

     (romanization in Classical Persian)

3. permanence; constance

   Synonyms: دوام (davâm), ثبات (sabât)

4. state; situation; condition; position

   Synonyms: حال (hâl), وضع (vaz')

5. condition; stipulation

   Synonym: شرط (šart)

6. (law) decision; ruling

   Synonym: حکم (hokm)

7. rate

Derived terms

compound verbs

• قرار بودن (qarâr budan, “to be supposed to”)
• قرار دادن (qarâr dâdan, “to place; to arrange”)
• قرار داشتن (qarâr dâštan, “to have an arrangement”)
• قرار شدن (qarâr šodan, “to be agreed”)
• قرار گذاشتن (qarâr gozâštan, “to make an appointment”)
• قرار گرفتن (qarâr gereftan, “to be located; to settle; to grow calm”)

 

other

• برقرار (barqarâr, “established”)
• قرارنامه (qarârnâme)
• قرارگاه (qarârgâh)

 

Descendants

• → Bengali: করার (korar)
• → Chagatai: قرار (qarār)
  • Uyghur: قارار (qarar)
  • Uzbek: qaror
• → Hindustani: qarār

  Hindi: क़रार

  Urdu: قَرار (qarār)

• → Punjabi: ਕਰਾਰ (karār)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق ر ر
2 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic قَرَار (qarār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qa.raːr/, [qɑˈrˤɑːrˤ]

• Audio (Ramallah)

  (file)

Noun

قرار • (qarār) m (plural قرارات (qarārāt))

1. decision

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قرار (qarār), from Arabic قَرَار (qarār).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qə.ɾɑːɾ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɾ

Noun

قَرار • (qarār) m (Hindi spelling क़रार)

1. peace, tranquility, rest, calm
2. conclusion, confirmation
3. decision, promise, agreement

References

• “قرار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “قرار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.