قرار

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See also: فرار, قزاز, and فراز

Arabic

Root
ق ر ر (q r r)
19 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qa.raːr/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

قَرَار (qarārm (plural قَرَارَات (qarārāt))

  1. verbal noun of قَرَّ (qarra, to be established, settled) (form I)
  2. decision
  3. fixed residence, domicile
    Synonyms: بَيْت (bayt), سَكَن (sakan), مَسْكَن (maskan)
  4. secure dwelling
    Synonym: مَقَر (maqar)
  5. stability
    Synonym: اِسْتِقْرَار (istiqrār)
  6. steadiness
  7. perseverance
  8. rest, quietude
  9. patience
  10. assurance, promise, agreement
  11. security
  12. truth
  13. consent
  14. deepest spot, bottom, low plain
    • Souad al-Sabah
      يَا لَهُمْ، وَاللُّؤْلُؤُ الْمَكْنُونُ فِي جَوْفِ الْبِحَارِ / لَمْ يَزَلْ يَسْأَلُ عَنْهُمْ كُلَّ لَيْلٍ وَنَهَارِ
      لَمْ يَزَلْ فِي شُعَبِ الْمَرْجَانِ حَيًّا وَدَفِينًا / فِي قَرَارٍ لَمْ تَطَأْهُ قَدَمٌ مُنْذُ سِنِينَ
      yā lahum, walluʔluʔ al-maknūnu fī jawfi l-biḥār / lam yazal yasʔalu ʕanhum kulla laylin wanahār
      lam yazal fī šuʕabi l-marjāni ḥayyan wadafīn / fī qarārin lam taṭaʔhu qadamun munḏu sinīn
      To them, and the pearls located in the depths of the seas / still asking for them every night and day
      Still in the reefs alive and buried / in a place no foot had touched for years
  15. pool

Declension

Descendants

References

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ر ر
2 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic قَرَار (qarār).

Pronunciation

Noun

قرار (garārm (plural قرارات (garārāt))

  1. decision

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic قَرَار (qarār).

Noun

قرار (karar)

  1. decision, resolution
  2. (law) decree
  3. (music) pause

Descendants

References

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَرَار (qarār).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? qarār
Dari reading? qarār
Iranian reading? ğarâr
Tajik reading? qaror

Noun

Dari قرار
Iranian Persian
Tajik қарор

قرار (qarâr) (plural قرارات (qarârât))

  1. arrangement; agreement
  2. rest; repose; calm
    Synonyms: آرامش (ârâmeš), آسایش (âsâyeš), استراحت (esterâhat)
    • c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 2”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]‎:
      قَرَار و خْوَاب زِ حَافِظ طَمَع مَدَار اَی دوسْت
      قَرَار
      چِیسْت؟ صَبُورِی کُدَام و خْوَاب کُجَا؟
      qarār u xwāb z-i hāfiz tama' madār ay dōst
      qarār
      čīst? sabūrī kudām u xwāb kujā?
      Seek not rest and sleep from Hafez, o friend;
      What is rest? What is patience, and where is sleep?
      (romanization in Classical Persian)
  3. permanence; constance
    Synonyms: دوام (davâm), ثبات (sabât)
  4. state; situation; condition; position
    Synonyms: حال (hâl), وضع (vaz')
  5. condition; stipulation
    Synonym: شرط (šart)
  6. (law) decision; ruling
    Synonym: حکم (hokm)
  7. rate

Derived terms

compound verbs
other

Descendants

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق ر ر
2 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic قَرَار (qarār).

Pronunciation

Noun

قرار (qarārm (plural قرارات (qarārāt))

  1. decision

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قرار (qarār), from Arabic قَرَار (qarār).

Pronunciation

Noun

قَرار (qarārm (Hindi spelling क़रार)

  1. peace, tranquility, rest, calm
    Synonyms: اَمْن (amn), سُکُون (sukūn), شانْتی (śāntī), آرام (ārām)
  2. conclusion, confirmation
  3. decision, promise, agreement

References

  • قرار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • قرار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.