قار

See also: فأر‎, قاز‎, and فاز‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

Derived from the active participle of قَرَّ‎ (qarra, “to be settled, to be cold”), from the root ق ر ر‎ (q-r-r).

Adjective

قَارّ • (qārr), feminine قَارَّة‎ (qārra)

1. quiet, still, at rest
2. dwelling permanently
3. cold
4. comforting the heart
5. avowing, confessing

Declension

Declension of adjective قَارّ (qārr)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	قَارّ qārr	الْقَارّ‎ al-qārr	قَارَّة‎ qārra	الْقَارَّة‎ al-qārra
Nominative	قَارٌّ qārrun	الْقَارُّ‎ al-qārru	قَارَّةٌ‎ qārratun	الْقَارَّةُ‎ al-qārratu
Accusative	قَارًّا‎ qārran	الْقَارَّ‎ al-qārra	قَارَّةً‎ qārratan	الْقَارَّةَ‎ al-qārrata
Genitive	قَارٍّ qārrin	الْقَارِّ‎ al-qārri	قَارَّةٍ‎ qārratin	الْقَارَّةِ‎ al-qārrati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	قَارَّيْن‎ qārrayn	الْقَارَّيْن‎ al-qārrayn	قَارَّتَيْن‎ qārratayn	الْقَارَّتَيْن‎ al-qārratayn
Nominative	قَارَّانِ‎ qārrāni	الْقَارَّانِ‎ al-qārrāni	قَارَّتَانِ‎ qārratāni	الْقَارَّتَانِ‎ al-qārratāni
Accusative	قَارَّيْنِ‎ qārrayni	الْقَارَّيْنِ‎ al-qārrayni	قَارَّتَيْنِ‎ qārratayni	الْقَارَّتَيْنِ‎ al-qārratayni
Genitive	قَارَّيْنِ‎ qārrayni	الْقَارَّيْنِ‎ al-qārrayni	قَارَّتَيْنِ‎ qārratayni	الْقَارَّتَيْنِ‎ al-qārratayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	قَارَّات‎ qārrāt	الْقَارَّات‎ al-qārrāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	قَارَّاتٌ‎ qārrātun	الْقَارَّاتُ‎ al-qārrātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	قَارَّاتٍ‎ qārrātin	الْقَارَّاتِ‎ al-qārrāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	قَارَّاتٍ‎ qārrātin	الْقَارَّاتِ‎ al-qārrāti

Etymology 2

Noun

قَار • (qār) m

1. alternative form of قِير‎ (qīr)

Declension

Declension of noun قَار (qār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَار qār	الْقَار‎ al-qār	قَار qār
Nominative	قَارٌ qārun	الْقَارُ‎ al-qāru	قَارُ qāru
Accusative	قَارًا‎ qāran	الْقَارَ‎ al-qāra	قَارَ qāra
Genitive	قَارٍ qārin	الْقَارِ‎ al-qāri	قَارِ qāri

Derived terms

• قَارِيّ‎ (qāriyy, “tarry, bituminous”)

See قِير‎ (qīr) for others

Descendants

• → Amharic: ቃር (ḳar)
• → Ge'ez: ቃር (ḳar)

Chagatai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kiār (“snow”).

Noun

قَارْ (transliteration needed) (plural قَارْ‌لَارْ‎)

1. snow

Descendants

• Uyghur: قار‎ (qar), қар (qar)
• Uzbek: қор (qor), qor

Khalaj

Noun

قار (qâar) (definite accusative قارؽ‎, plural قارلار‎)

1. Arabic spelling of qâar (“snow”)

Declension

Declension of قار

	singular	plural
nominative	قار	قارلار‎
genitive	قارؽین‎	قارلارؽین‎
dative	قارقا‎	قارلارقا‎
definite accusative	قارؽ‎	قارلارؽ‎
locative	قارچا‎	قارلارچا‎
ablative	قاردا‎	قارلاردا‎
instrumental	قارلا‎	قارلارلا‎
equative	قاروارا‎	قارلاروارا‎
quantitative	قارقَدَر‎	قارلارقَدَر‎

Ottoman Turkish

قار

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kār (“snow”); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰴𐰺‎ (kar), Azerbaijani qar, Chuvash йор (jor), Dolgan каар, Kazakh қар (qar), Kyrgyz кар (kar), Turkmen gar, Tuvan хар (xar), Uyghur قار‎ (qar), Uzbek qor and Yakut хаар (qaar).

Noun

قار • (kar)

1. snow, the frozen state of water that falls as precipitation

   Synonyms: برف‎ (berf), ثلج‎ (selc)

Derived terms

• قار قوشی‎ (kar kuşu, “snow bunting”)
• قار چیچكی‎ (kar çiçeği, “false hellebore”)
• قارجی‎ (karcı, “snow seller”)
• قارخانه‎ (karhane, “house for storing snow”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: kar

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “kar”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2408
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “قار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 923
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Nix”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1141
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “قار”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, columns 3577–3578
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1411

Uyghur

Other scripts
Perso-Arabic	قار‎
Latin	‍qar‍
Cyrillic	қар

Etymology

From Chagatai قَارْ‎, from Proto-Turkic *Kiār (“snow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qɑr/

Noun

قار • (qar), plural قارلار‎ (qarlar)

1. snow