قطار

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Arabic

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Root
ق ط ر (q ṭ r)
9 terms

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /qi.tˤaːr/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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قِطَار (qiṭārm (plural قِطَارَات (qiṭārāt) or قُطُر (quṭur))

  1. row
  2. row of camels
  3. (railroad) train

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References

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  • Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “قطار”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “قطار”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “قطر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

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Root
ق ط ر
3 terms

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Arabic قِطَار (qiṭār).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡi.ˈtˤaːr/, [ɡɪ.ˈtˤaːr]

Noun

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قِطَار (giṭārm (plural قِطارات (giṭārāt))

  1. (railroad) train

Persian

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Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fa

Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic قِطَار (qiṭār).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? qitār
Iranian reading? ğatâr, ğetâr
Tajik reading? qator
  • Audio (Iran):(file)
  • [qe.t̪ʰɒ́ːɹ] is an archaic pronunciation.

Noun

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Dari قطار
Iranian Persian
Tajik қатор, поезд

قَطار (qatâr) (plural قطارها (qatâr-hâ))

  1. train (transportation)
    Synonyms: ترن (teran), ریل (reyl)
    ساعت حرکت قطارهاsâ'at-e herkat-e qatâr-hâtrain departure times
  2. train, row, file
    Synonyms: صف (saf), ردیف (radif), سلسله (selsele)
    • c. 1911, Mohammad Hossein Âğuli Torki-ye Shirâzi, دیوان ترکی شیرازی[2]:
      او به صد ناز می رود تنها
      دل خلق از پیش قطار، قطار
      u be sad nâz mi-ravad tanhâ
      del-e xalq az piš qetâr, qetâr
      He/She comes alone with a hundred coquettries,
      People's hearts are lined up in rows before him/her.

South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ق ط ر
2 terms
قطار بقطع جسر بالطريق لسويسراa train crossing a bridge on the way to Switzerland

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Arabic قِطَار (qiṭār).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /qi.tˤaːr/, [qɪ.tˤɑːrˤ]
  • Audio (Amman):(file)

Noun

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قطار (qiṭārm

  1. (formal) train
    Synonym: ترين (trēn)

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic قِطَار (qiṭār).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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قِطار (qitārm or f (Hindi spelling क़ितार)

  1. queue, line, row
  2. train, railway vehicle
    Synonyms: ریل گاڑی (rel gāṛī), گاڑی (gāṛī)