وقار

Arabic

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/

Noun

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

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

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic وَقَار (waqār).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [wa.ˈqɑːɾ]

 

• (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?	vağâr
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

From Arabic وَقَار (waqār).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋə.qɑːɾ/

Noun

وَقار • (vaqār) m (Hindi spelling वक़ार)

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

References

• “وقار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “وقار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.