قرار

See also: فرار‎, قزاز‎, and فراز‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ق ر ر‎ (q-r-r).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qa.raːr/

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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 (łarar), կարար (karar)
• → Persian: قرار‎ (qarâr)
  • → Bengali: করার (korar)
  • → Chagatai: قرار‎ (qarār)
    • Uyghur: قارار‎ (qarar)
    • Uzbek: qaror
  • → Hindustani: qarār

    Hindi: क़रार

    Urdu: قَرار‎

  • → Punjabi: ਕਰਾਰ (karār)

References

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

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 (łarar), կարար (karar)

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “karâr”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎ (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

From Arabic قَرَار‎ (qarār).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /qaˈɾɑːɾ/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /qaˈɾɑːɾ/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɢæˈɾɒːɾ/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /qaˈɾɔɾ/

Noun

Dari	قرار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	қарор (qaror)

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]‎^[2]:

     ‏قرار و خواب ز حافظ طمع مدار ای دوست
     قرار چیست؟ صبوری کدام و خواب کجا؟‎‎

     qarâr u xwâb zi hâfiz tama' ma-dâr ay dôst
     qarâr čî-st? sabûrî kudâm u xwâb kujâ?

     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

• → Punjabi: ਕਰਾਰ (karār)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق ر ر‎

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic قَرَار‎ (qarār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qa.raːr/, [qɑˈrˤɑːrˤ]

• Audio (Ramallah)

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Noun

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

1. decision