اقتدار

Arabic

Root
ق د ر (q-d-r)

Etymology

Verbal noun of اِقْتَدَرَ (iqtadara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iq.ti.daːr/
• Rhymes: -aːr

Noun

اِقْتِدَار • (iqtidār) m

1. verbal noun of اِقْتَدَرَ (iqtadara, “to have the ability”) (form VIII)
2. (uncountable) ability, capability
3. (uncountable) solvency

Declension

Declension of noun اِقْتِدَار (iqtidār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	اِقْتِدَار iqtidār	الِاقْتِدَار al-iqtidār	اِقْتِدَار iqtidār
Nominative	اِقْتِدَارٌ iqtidārun	الِاقْتِدَارُ al-iqtidāru	اِقْتِدَارُ iqtidāru
Accusative	اِقْتِدَارًا iqtidāran	الِاقْتِدَارَ al-iqtidāra	اِقْتِدَارَ iqtidāra
Genitive	اِقْتِدَارٍ iqtidārin	الِاقْتِدَارِ al-iqtidāri	اِقْتِدَارِ iqtidāri

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: iqtidar
• → Ottoman Turkish: اقتدار

  > Turkish: iktidar (inherited)

  Crimean Tatar: iqtidar

• → Persian: اقتدار

  → Urdu: اقتدار

• → Uyghur: ئىقتىدار (iqtidar)
• → Uzbek: iqtidor

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اقتدار (iqtidār), from Arabic اِقْتِدَار (iqtidār).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪq.t̪ɪ.d̪ɑːɾ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɾ

Noun

اِقْتِدار • (iqtidār) m (formal plural اقتدارات, Hindi spelling इक़्तिदार)

1. power; control; authority

Declension

Declension of اقتدار
	singular	plural
direct	اقتدار (iqtidār)	اقتدار (iqtidār)
oblique	اقتدار (iqtidār)	اقتداروں (iqtidārō̃)
vocative	اقتدار (iqtidār)	اقتدارو (iqtidārō)

Related terms

• بر سر اقتدار (bar-sar-e-iqtidār, “in power”)

References

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