قرار

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See also: فرار, قزاز, and فراز

Arabic

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Root
ق ر ر (q r r)
19 terms

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /qa.raːr/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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قَرَار (qarārm (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

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Hijazi Arabic

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Root
ق ر ر
2 terms

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Arabic قَرَار (qarār).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡa.raːr/, [qa.raːr]

Noun

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قرار (garārm (plural قرارات (garārāt))

  1. decision

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Arabic قَرَار (qarār).

Noun

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قرار (karar)

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

Descendants

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Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic قَرَار (qarār).

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

Noun

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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

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Descendants

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South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ق ر ر
2 terms

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Arabic قَرَار (qarār).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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قرار (qarārm (plural قرارات (qarārāt))

  1. decision

Urdu

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Etymology

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

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قَرار (qarārm (Hindi spelling क़रार)

  1. peace, tranquility, rest, calm
    Synonyms: اَمْن (amn), سُکُون (sukūn), شانْتی (śāntī), آرام (ārām)
  2. conclusion, confirmation
  3. decision, promise, agreement

References

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  • 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.