قادر

Arabic

Root
ق د ر (q d r)
14 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of the verb قَدَرَ (qadara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qaː.dir/

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Adjective

قَادِر • (qādir) (feminine قَادِرَة (qādira), masculine plural قادِرُونَ (qādirūna), feminine plural قادِرَات (qādirāt), elative أَقْدَر (ʔaqdar))

1. powerful

   Synonym: قَدِير (qadīr)

2. capable, able

   Synonym: قَدِير (qadīr)

   إن القلب الذي لم يعد قادرًا على الشعور بالرحمة لا يمكن أن يكون وعاءً للخلاص أو وعاءً للإيمان الحقيقي.

   A heart that is no longer capable of feeling compassion cannot be a vessel of salvation or a vessel of true faith.

   هل تعتقد أن الكتاب المقدس قادر أن يخبرنا عن المستقبل؟

   Do you think the Bible can tell us about the future?

3. efficient, talented

Declension

Declension of adjective قَادِر (qādir)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	قَادِر qādir	الْقَادِر al-qādir	قَادِرَة qādira	الْقَادِرَة al-qādira
Nominative	قَادِرٌ qādirun	الْقَادِرُ al-qādiru	قَادِرَةٌ qādiratun	الْقَادِرَةُ al-qādiratu
Accusative	قَادِرًا qādiran	الْقَادِرَ al-qādira	قَادِرَةً qādiratan	الْقَادِرَةَ al-qādirata
Genitive	قَادِرٍ qādirin	الْقَادِرِ al-qādiri	قَادِرَةٍ qādiratin	الْقَادِرَةِ al-qādirati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	قَادِرَيْن qādirayn	الْقَادِرَيْن al-qādirayn	قَادِرَتَيْن qādiratayn	الْقَادِرَتَيْن al-qādiratayn
Nominative	قَادِرَانِ qādirāni	الْقَادِرَانِ al-qādirāni	قَادِرَتَانِ qādiratāni	الْقَادِرَتَانِ al-qādiratāni
Accusative	قَادِرَيْنِ qādirayni	الْقَادِرَيْنِ al-qādirayni	قَادِرَتَيْنِ qādiratayni	الْقَادِرَتَيْنِ al-qādiratayni
Genitive	قَادِرَيْنِ qādirayni	الْقَادِرَيْنِ al-qādirayni	قَادِرَتَيْنِ qādiratayni	الْقَادِرَتَيْنِ al-qādiratayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	قَادِرِين qādirīn	الْقَادِرِين al-qādirīn	قَادِرَات qādirāt	الْقَادِرَات al-qādirāt
Nominative	قَادِرُونَ qādirūna	الْقَادِرُونَ al-qādirūna	قَادِرَاتٌ qādirātun	الْقَادِرَاتُ al-qādirātu
Accusative	قَادِرِينَ qādirīna	الْقَادِرِينَ al-qādirīna	قَادِرَاتٍ qādirātin	الْقَادِرَاتِ al-qādirāti
Genitive	قَادِرِينَ qādirīna	الْقَادِرِينَ al-qādirīna	قَادِرَاتٍ qādirātin	الْقَادِرَاتِ al-qādirāti

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: ղադիր (ġadir)
• → Ottoman Turkish: قادر (kadir, kadır)
  • Turkish: kadir, kâdir (superseded spelling), kadır (Vidin)
  • → Albanian: kadër
  • → Armenian: խատիր (xatir)
  • → Aromanian: cadãr
  • → Bulgarian: кадъ́р (kadǎ́r) (archaic); ⇒ кадъ́рен (kadǎ́ren)
  • → Macedonian: кадар (kadar)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: kádar／ка́дар
• → Classical Persian: قادر (qādir)
  • Tajik: қодир (qodir)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: क़ादिर (qādir)

    Urdu: قادِر (qādir)

  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਕਾਦਰ (kādar)

    Shahmukhi script: قادر (qādar)

Proper noun

القَادِر • (al-qādir) m

1. (Islam) one of God's names in Islam, ("the All Able, the Powerful, the Omnipotent")

Derived terms

• عبد القادر (ʕabd al-qādir, “a theophoric male given name, Abd al-Qadir”)

 

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “قدر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق د ر
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قَادِر (qādir).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaː.dir/, [ɡaː.dɪr]

Adjective

قادر • (gādir) (feminine قادرة (gādra), common plural قادرين (gādrīn))

1. capable, able

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• գատիր (kadir), գատըր (kadır)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَادِر (qādir).

Adjective

قادر • (kadir, kadır) (feminine and plural قادره)

1. strong, able, powerful

   Synonym: مقتدر (muktedir)

   قادر اولمق ― kadir olmak ― to be able, can

2. omnipotent, almighty (of God)

Descendants

• Turkish: kadir, kâdir (superseded spelling), kadır (Vidin)
• → Albanian: kadër
• → Armenian: խատիր (xatir)
• → Aromanian: cadãr
• → Bulgarian: кадъ́р (kadǎ́r) (archaic); ⇒ кадъ́рен (kadǎ́ren)
• → Macedonian: кадар (kadar)
• → Serbo-Croatian: kádar／ка́дар

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قادر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1409a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قادر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 923a
• Pōzačean, Yakovbos (1841) “գատըր”, in Hamaṙōt baṙaran i tačkakanē i hay [Concise Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary]‎^[3], Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 70a
• Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “قادِر”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1019

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَادِر (qādir).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [qɑː.ˈðiɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qɑː.d̪ɪ́ɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qɑː.d̪ɪ́ɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qɑː.d̪ɪ́ɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qɔː.d̪íɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qɒː.d̪éɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qɔ.d̪íɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	qāḏir
Dari reading?	qādir
Iranian reading?	ğâder
Tajik reading?	qodir

Adjective

Dari	قادر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	қодир

قادِر • (qâder) (comparative قادِرتَر (qâder-tar), superlative قادِرتَرین (qâder-tarin))

1. able; with the ability to

   قادر بودن ― qâder budan ― to be able to

2. powerful; formidable

   Synonym: قدرتمند (qodratmand)

   سلطانِ قادر ― soltân-e qâder ― powerful sultan

Derived terms

• قادر کردن (qâder kardan, “to enable”)

 

Descendants

• Tajik: қодир (qodir)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: क़ादिर (qādir)

  Urdu: قادِر (qādir)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਕਾਦਰ (kādar)

  Shahmukhi script: قادر (qādar)

Proper noun

قادر • (qâder)

1. a male given name from Arabic

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق د ر
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قَادِر (qādir).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Urban) /ʔaː.dir/, [ˈʔæː.dɪr]
• IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /ɡaː.dir/, [ˈɡæː.dɪr]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

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Participle

قادر • (ʔāder) (feminine قادرة (ʔādre), common plural قادرين (ʔādrīn))

1. active participle of قدر (ʔidir, “to be able to”)