قرطاس
Appearance
Arabic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- قَرْطَس (qarṭas) (obsolete)
Etymology
[edit]From Aramaic קַרְטֵיסָא / ܩܪܛܝܣܐ (qarṭīsā), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]قِرْطَاس or قُرْطَاس • (qirṭās or qurṭās) m (plural قَرَاطِيس (qarāṭīs))
- (uncountable or countable, dated) paper; a sheet of paper, a page
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 6:7:
- وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ كِتَابًا فِي قِرْطَاسٍ فَلَمَسُوهُ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ لَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِنْ هَذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُبِينٌ
- wa-law nazzalnā ʕalayka kitāban fī qirṭāsin fa-lamasūhu bi-ʔaydīhim la-qāla llaḏīna kafarū ʔin haḏā ʔillā siḥrun mubīnun
- And even if we had sent down to you some writing on a leaf so that they could touch it with their own hands, those who have disbelieved would say, “This is nothing but blatant magic."
- 10th century, Al-Mutanabbi
- اَلْخَيْلُ وَٱللَّيْلُ وَٱلْبَيْدَاءُ تَعْرِفُنِي / وَٱلسَّيْفُ وَٱلرُّمْحُ وَٱلْقِرْطَاسُ وَٱلْقَلَمُ
- al-ḵaylu wa-l-laylu wa-l-baydāʔu taʕrifunī / wa-s-sayfu wa-r-rumḥu wa-l-qirṭāsu wa-l-qalamu
- The horses and the night and the desert know me / and the sword and the spear and the paper and the pen
- (uncountable or countable, archaic) papyrus; a sheet of papyrus
- Synonym: بَرْدِيّ (bardiyy)
- (uncountable or countable) individual packaging, bag, wrapper, cone
- 2018, وَجْدِيّ الْأَهْدَل [wajdiyy al-ʔahdal], أرض المؤامرات السعيدة, Bayrūt: Nawfal / Hachette Antoine, →ISBN, page 84:
- ولكنّني حين رأيتُ هذه الأصناف القديمة سال لعابي، واشتهيتُ أكلها وكأنّني طفل. مزّقتُ قرطاس البسكويت الأول والتهمته بتلذذ،
- But when I saw these old sorts my spittle ran, and I was desirous to eat thereof as though I were a child. I rent the paper packaging of the first biscuit and devoured with winne,
- (countable, obsolete) a mark that is fired at (such as a bullseye), a target
Declension
[edit]Declension of noun قِرْطَاس (qirṭās); قُرْطَاس (qurṭās)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | قِرْطَاس; قُرْطَاس qirṭās; qurṭās |
الْقِرْطَاس; الْقُرْطَاس al-qirṭās; al-qurṭās |
قِرْطَاس; قُرْطَاس qirṭās; qurṭās |
Nominative | قِرْطَاسٌ; قُرْطَاسٌ qirṭāsun; qurṭāsun |
الْقِرْطَاسُ; الْقُرْطَاسُ al-qirṭāsu; al-qurṭāsu |
قِرْطَاسُ; قُرْطَاسُ qirṭāsu; qurṭāsu |
Accusative | قِرْطَاسًا; قُرْطَاسًا qirṭāsan; qurṭāsan |
الْقِرْطَاسَ; الْقُرْطَاسَ al-qirṭāsa; al-qurṭāsa |
قِرْطَاسَ; قُرْطَاسَ qirṭāsa; qurṭāsa |
Genitive | قِرْطَاسٍ; قُرْطَاسٍ qirṭāsin; qurṭāsin |
الْقِرْطَاسِ; الْقُرْطَاسِ al-qirṭāsi; al-qurṭāsi |
قِرْطَاسِ; قُرْطَاسِ qirṭāsi; qurṭāsi |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | قِرْطَاسَيْن; قُرْطَاسَيْن qirṭāsayn; qurṭāsayn |
الْقِرْطَاسَيْن; الْقُرْطَاسَيْن al-qirṭāsayn; al-qurṭāsayn |
قِرْطَاسَيْ; قُرْطَاسَيْ qirṭāsay; qurṭāsay |
Nominative | قِرْطَاسَانِ; قُرْطَاسَانِ qirṭāsāni; qurṭāsāni |
الْقِرْطَاسَانِ; الْقُرْطَاسَانِ al-qirṭāsāni; al-qurṭāsāni |
قِرْطَاسَا; قُرْطَاسَا qirṭāsā; qurṭāsā |
Accusative | قِرْطَاسَيْنِ; قُرْطَاسَيْنِ qirṭāsayni; qurṭāsayni |
الْقِرْطَاسَيْنِ; الْقُرْطَاسَيْنِ al-qirṭāsayni; al-qurṭāsayni |
قِرْطَاسَيْ; قُرْطَاسَيْ qirṭāsay; qurṭāsay |
Genitive | قِرْطَاسَيْنِ; قُرْطَاسَيْنِ qirṭāsayni; qurṭāsayni |
الْقِرْطَاسَيْنِ; الْقُرْطَاسَيْنِ al-qirṭāsayni; al-qurṭāsayni |
قِرْطَاسَيْ; قُرْطَاسَيْ qirṭāsay; qurṭāsay |
Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | قَرَاطِيس qarāṭīs |
الْقَرَاطِيس al-qarāṭīs |
قَرَاطِيس qarāṭīs |
Nominative | قَرَاطِيسُ qarāṭīsu |
الْقَرَاطِيسُ al-qarāṭīsu |
قَرَاطِيسُ qarāṭīsu |
Accusative | قَرَاطِيسَ qarāṭīsa |
الْقَرَاطِيسَ al-qarāṭīsa |
قَرَاطِيسَ qarāṭīsa |
Genitive | قَرَاطِيسَ qarāṭīsa |
الْقَرَاطِيسِ al-qarāṭīsi |
قَرَاطِيسِ qarāṭīsi |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Egyptian Arabic: قرطاس (ʔúrṭās)
- Gulf Arabic: قرطاس (girṭās)
- Maltese: qartas
- Moroccan Arabic: قرطاس (qurṭās, qarṭās)
- → Brunei Malay: keratas
- → Dhivehi: ކަރުދާސް (karudās)
- → Tamahaq: tăkarḍe
- → Malagasy: taratàsy
- → Malay: kertas
- → Ottoman Turkish: قرطاس (kırtas)
- → Portuguese: cartaz
- → Somali: qardaas
- → Spanish: alcatraz, alcartaz
- → Sundanese: ᮊᮨᮁᮒᮞ᮪ (kertas)
- → Swahili: karatasi
- → Thai: กระดาษ (grà-daat)
See also
[edit]- كَاغِد (kāḡid)
References
[edit]- “qrṭys2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 245
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis[1] (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 17
- Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 235–236
- Lane, Edward William (1863) “قرطاس”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[2], London: Williams & Norgate
- Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden[3] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 567
Gulf Arabic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic قُرْطَاس (qurṭās).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]قِرْطاس • (girṭās) m (plural قَراطيس (garāṭis))
- packaging/wrapping surrounding new products
- الجهاز يديد بقراطيسه
- ij-jihāz yidīd b-garāṭīṣa
- the device is new, in its (original) wrappings
Moroccan Arabic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic قُرْطَاس (qurṭās, “target”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]قُرْطَاس or قَرْطَاس • (qurṭās or qarṭās) m (plural قراطس (qrāṭis))
- bullet (projectile)
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