قر

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ق ر ر (q-r-r). Compare Hebrew קַר (qar, “cold”).

Verb

قَرَّ • (qarra) I, non-past يَقِرُّ‎ (yaqirru)
قَرَّ • (qarra) I, non-past يَقَرُّ‎ (yaqarru)
قَرَّ • (qarra) I, non-past يَقُرُّ‎ (yaqurru)

1. to be or become cold, to be cool, to be chilly, to cool, to chill

Conjugation

Verb

قَرَّ • (qarra) I, non-past يَقِرُّ‎ (yaqirru)
قَرَّ • (qarra) I, non-past يَقَرُّ‎ (yaqarru)

1. to settle down, to establish, to take up residence, to rest, to abide, to dwell, to live, to reside, to stay, to linger, to remain

Conjugation

Adjective

قَرّ • (qarr)

1. cool, cold, chilly

Declension

Noun

قَرّ • (qarr) m

1. verbal noun of قَرَّ (qarra, “to be cold”) (form I)
2. coldness, cold

Declension

Noun

قُرّ • (qurr) m

1. cold, coolness, coldness, chilliness, frigidity

Declension

Persian

Alternative forms

• غر (misspelling)

Etymology

Francis Joseph Steingass speculates that it is from Arabic قِرْد (qird, “monkey, ape”). His nineteenth-century dictionary gives "monkey" as the only noun definition while marking قر دادن (qer dâdan) as a "modern colloquial" verb for "to coquette about, sway the body as in a dance", so perhaps the verb emerged first with a literal meaning of "to give the monkey", and the current meaning of the noun is a backformation from the verb.

Monši-Zâde instead suspects a connection with گرد (gerd, “circular”), and also a play on a form of غربال (ğarbâl, “searce”) due to the fashion a sieve is worked.

Pronunciation

Noun

قر • (qer) (plural قرها (qer-hâ))

1. (informal) twerk, twerking; gyrating one's hips (used for both men and women)
2. (figurative, informal) flirting; coquetry

Usage notes

• قر (qer), rolling the hips, is the most common dance move in Iran and is not as sexualized as it is in the West.

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