وقار

Arabic

Root
و ق ر (w q r)
5 terms

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *waqar- (“to be heavy or weighty; a tree laden with fruits; to be honorable or to hold weight in value”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *waqar-; compare Egyptian jqr (“excellent, worthy”) and Hebrew יָקָר (“expensive, dear, precious”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa.qaːr/
• Rhymes: -aːr

Noun

وَقَار • (waqār) m (plural وُقُور (wuqūr))

1. dignity, grandeur
2. majesty
3. sobriety
4. veneration

Declension

Declension of noun وَقَار (waqār)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	وَقَار waqār	الْوَقَار al-waqār	وَقَار waqār
nominative	وَقَارٌ waqārun	الْوَقَارُ al-waqāru	وَقَارُ waqāru
accusative	وَقَارًا waqāran	الْوَقَارَ al-waqāra	وَقَارَ waqāra
genitive	وَقَارٍ waqārin	الْوَقَارِ al-waqāri	وَقَارِ waqāri
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	وَقَارَيْن waqārayn	الْوَقَارَيْن al-waqārayn	وَقَارَيْ waqāray
nominative	وَقَارَانِ waqārāni	الْوَقَارَانِ al-waqārāni	وَقَارَا waqārā
accusative	وَقَارَيْنِ waqārayni	الْوَقَارَيْنِ al-waqārayni	وَقَارَيْ waqāray
genitive	وَقَارَيْنِ waqārayni	الْوَقَارَيْنِ al-waqārayni	وَقَارَيْ waqāray
plural	basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	وُقُور wuqūr	الْوُقُور al-wuqūr	وُقُور wuqūr
nominative	وُقُورٌ wuqūrun	الْوُقُورُ al-wuqūru	وُقُورُ wuqūru
accusative	وُقُورًا wuqūran	الْوُقُورَ al-wuqūra	وُقُورَ wuqūra
genitive	وُقُورٍ wuqūrin	الْوُقُورِ al-wuqūri	وُقُورِ wuqūri

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: وقار (vakar)
  • Turkish: vakar
• → Persian: وقار (vaqâr)
  • → Urdu: وقار (vaqār)

Persian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Semitic *waqar-

Arabic وَقَار (waqār)bor.

Persian وقار

Borrowed from Arabic وَقَار (waqār).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /wa.ˈqaːr/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wä.qɑ́ːɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [wä.qɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [wä.qɑ́ːɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [wä.qɔ́ːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [væ.ʁɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [vä.qɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	waqār
Dari reading?	waqār
Iranian reading?	vaġâr
Tajik reading?	vaqor

Noun

وقار • (vaqâr)

1. dignity, grandeur, majesty
   • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 80:

     ناگفته یک سخن دل و جان صید میکنی
     ای ناز و دلبری بتو لایق وقار هم

     nāgufta yak suxan dil u jān sayd mēkunī
     ay nāz u dilbarē ba-tō lāyiq-i waqār ham

     The heart has not uttered a word and you are hunting the soul,
     O you by whom even flirting and heart-capturing become worthy of dignity!

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “وقار”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Semitic *waqar-

Arabic وَقَار (waqār)bor.

Classical Persian وَقَار (waqār)bor.

Urdu وَقار (vaqār)

Borrowed from Classical Persian وَقَار (waqār), borrowed from Arabic وَقَار (waqār), from Proto-Semitic *waqar-. First attested in c. 1649 as Middle Hindi وقار (vqar /⁠vaqār⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋə.qɑːɾ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
• Hyphenation: وَ‧قار

Noun

وَقار • (vaqār) m (Hindi spelling वक़ार)

1. dignity, honour, prestige
2. serenity, solemnity, modesty
3. consistency, resolution

Declension

Declension of وقار

	singular	plural
direct	وَقار (vaqār)	وَقار (vaqār)
oblique	وَقار (vaqār)	وَقاروں (vaqārõ)
vocative	وَقار (vaqār)	وَقارو (vaqāro)

Proper noun

وَقار • (vaqār) m (Hindi spelling वक़ार)

1. a male given name from Arabic

Further reading

• “وقار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024), “وقار”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]