قادر

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Arabic

Root
ق د ر (q d r)
14 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of the verb قَدَرَ (qadara).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qaː.dir/
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Adjective

قَادِر (qādir) (feminine قَادِرَة (qādira), masculine plural قادِرُونَ (qādirūna), feminine plural قادِرَات (qādirāt), elative أَقْدَر (ʔaqdar))

  1. powerful
    Synonym: قَدِير (qadīr)
  2. capable, able
    Synonym: قَدِير (qadīr)
    إن القلب الذي لم يعد قادرًا على الشعور بالرحمة لا يمكن أن يكون وعاءً للخلاص أو وعاءً للإيمان الحقيقي.
    A heart that is no longer capable of feeling compassion cannot be a vessel of salvation or a vessel of true faith.
    هل تعتقد أن الكتاب المقدس قادر أن يخبرنا عن المستقبل؟‏
    Do you think the Bible can tell us about the future?
  3. efficient, talented

Declension

Descendants

Proper noun

القَادِر (al-qādirm

  1. (Islam) one of God's names in Islam, ("the All Able, the Powerful, the Omnipotent")

Derived terms

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “قدر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق د ر
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قَادِر (qādir).

Pronunciation

Adjective

قادر (gādir) (feminine قادرة (gādra), common plural قادرين (gādrīn))

  1. capable, able

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَادِر (qādir).

Adjective

قادر (kadir, kadır) (feminine and plural قادره)

  1. strong, able, powerful
    Synonym: مقتدر (muktedir)
    قادر اولمقkadir olmakto be able, can
  2. omnipotent, almighty (of God)

Descendants

References

  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قادر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1409a
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قادر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 923a
  • Pōzačean, Yakovbos (1841) “գատըր”, in Hamaṙōt baṙaran i tačkakanē i hay [Concise Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary]‎, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 70a
  • Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “قادِر”, in قاموس تركی (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1019

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَادِر (qādir).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? qāḏir
Dari reading? qādir
Iranian reading? ğâder
Tajik reading? qodir

Adjective

Dari قادر
Iranian Persian
Tajik қодир

قادِر (qâder) (comparative قادِرتَر (qâder-tar), superlative قادِرتَرین (qâder-tarin))

  1. able; with the ability to
    قادر بودنqâder budanto be able to
  2. powerful; formidable
    Synonym: قدرتمند (qodratmand)
    سلطانِ قادرsoltân-e qâderpowerful sultan

Derived terms

Descendants

Proper noun

قادر (qâder)

  1. a male given name from Arabic

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق د ر
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قَادِر (qādir).

Pronunciation

Participle

قادر (ʔāder) (feminine قادرة (ʔādre), common plural قادرين (ʔādrīn))

  1. active participle of قدر (ʔidir, to be able to)