قطار

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ق ط ر (q-ṭ-r).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qi.tˤaːr/

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Noun

قِطَار • (qiṭār) m (plural قِطَارَات (qiṭārāt) or قُطُر (quṭur))

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

Declension

Declension of noun قِطَار (qiṭār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِطَار qiṭār	الْقِطَار al-qiṭār	قِطَار qiṭār
Nominative	قِطَارٌ qiṭārun	الْقِطَارُ al-qiṭāru	قِطَارُ qiṭāru
Accusative	قِطَارًا qiṭāran	الْقِطَارَ al-qiṭāra	قِطَارَ qiṭāra
Genitive	قِطَارٍ qiṭārin	الْقِطَارِ al-qiṭāri	قِطَارِ qiṭāri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِطَارَيْن qiṭārayn	الْقِطَارَيْن al-qiṭārayn	قِطَارَيْ qiṭāray
Nominative	قِطَارَانِ qiṭārāni	الْقِطَارَانِ al-qiṭārāni	قِطَارَا qiṭārā
Accusative	قِطَارَيْنِ qiṭārayni	الْقِطَارَيْنِ al-qiṭārayni	قِطَارَيْ qiṭāray
Genitive	قِطَارَيْنِ qiṭārayni	الْقِطَارَيْنِ al-qiṭārayni	قِطَارَيْ qiṭāray
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِطَارَات‎; قُطُر qiṭārāt‎; quṭur	الْقِطَارَات‎; الْقُطُر al-qiṭārāt‎; al-quṭur	قِطَارَات‎; قُطُر qiṭārāt‎; quṭur
Nominative	قِطَارَاتٌ‎; قُطُرٌ qiṭārātun‎; quṭurun	الْقِطَارَاتُ‎; الْقُطُرُ al-qiṭārātu‎; al-quṭuru	قِطَارَاتُ‎; قُطُرُ qiṭārātu‎; quṭuru
Accusative	قِطَارَاتٍ‎; قُطُرًا qiṭārātin‎; quṭuran	الْقِطَارَاتِ‎; الْقُطُرَ al-qiṭārāti‎; al-quṭura	قِطَارَاتِ‎; قُطُرَ qiṭārāti‎; quṭura
Genitive	قِطَارَاتٍ‎; قُطُرٍ qiṭārātin‎; quṭurin	الْقِطَارَاتِ‎; الْقُطُرِ al-qiṭārāti‎; al-quṭuri	قِطَارَاتِ‎; قُطُرِ qiṭārāti‎; quṭuri

References

• Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “قطار”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd 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

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Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic قِطَار (qiṭār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡiˈtˤaːr/

Noun

قِطَار • (giṭār) m (plural قِطارات ‎(giṭārāt))

1. (railroad) train

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Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قِطَار (qiṭār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɢæˈtɒːɾ]

Noun

Dari	قطار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	поезд

قطار • (qatâr) (plural قطارها (qatâr-hâ))

1. train (transportation)