قرض

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Arabic

Root
ق ر ض (q r ḍ)
11 terms

Verb

قَرَضَ (qaraḍa) I (non-past يَقْرِضُ (yaqriḍu), verbal noun قَرْض (qarḍ))

  1. to gnaw, nibble, to cut a bit from the outer
  2. to impart, reward
  3. to lend money
  4. to recite
  5. to swerve to the right and left in walking
  6. (transitive) to depart from
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:17:
      وَإِذَا غَرَبَت تَّقْرِضُهُمْ ذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ
      waʔiḏā ḡarabat ttaqriḍuhum ḏāta š-šimāli
      as it set, declining away from them to the left.
  7. to die, be on the point of death

Conjugation

Verb

قَرِضَ (qariḍa) I (non-past يَقْرَضُ (yaqraḍu), verbal noun قَرَض (qaraḍ))
قَرُضَ (qaruḍa) I (non-past يَقْرُضُ (yaqruḍu), verbal noun قَرَض:ap:)

  1. to die
  2. to pass from one thing to another

Conjugation

Verb

قَرَّضَ (qarraḍa) II (non-past يُقَرِّضُ (yuqarriḍu), verbal noun تَقْرِيض (taqrīḍ))

  1. to gnaw, to cut in the exterior
  2. to exalt with praise
  3. to blame

Conjugation

Noun

قَرْض (qarḍm

  1. verbal noun of قَرَضَ (qaraḍa, to cut) (form I)
  2. cutting
  3. gnawing, nibbling

Declension

Noun

قَرْض or قِرْض (qarḍ or qirḍm (plural قُرُوض (qurūḍ))

  1. loan, debt

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: qərz
  • Persian: قرض
  • Northern Luri: قٱرڌ (qarđ)
  • Kazakh: қарыз (qaryz)
  • Central Kurdish: قەرز (qerz)
  • Kyrgyz: карыз (karız)
  • Tajik: қарз (qarz)
  • Uyghur: قەرز (qerz)
  • Uzbek: qarz

Noun

قَرَض (qaraḍm

  1. verbal noun of قَرِضَ (qariḍa) (form I)
  2. verbal noun of قَرُضَ (qaruḍa) (form I)

Declension

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ر ض
2 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic قَرَضْ (qaraḍ).

Pronunciation

Verb

قَرَض (garaḍ) I (non-past يِقْرُض (yigruḍ))

  1. to lend money
  2. to gnaw, nibble, to cut a bit from the outer
Conjugation
    Conjugation of قرض (garaḍ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قرضت (garaḍt) قرضت (garaḍt) قرض (garaḍ) قرضنا (garaḍna) قرضتوا (garaḍtu) قرضوا (garaḍu)
f قرضتي (garaḍti) قرضت (garaḍat)
non-past m أقرض (ʔagruḍ) تقرض (tigruḍ) يقرض (yigruḍ) نقرض (nigruḍ) تقرضوا (tigruḍu) يقرضوا (yigruḍu)
f تقرضي (tigruḍi) تقرض (tigruḍ)
imperative m اقرض (agruḍ) اقرضوا (agruḍu)
f اقرضي (agruḍi)

Etymology 2

From Arabic قَرْضْ (qarḍ).

Pronunciation

Noun

قَرْضْ (garḍm (plural قُرُوض (gurūḍ))

  1. (finance) loan, debt
  2. gnawing, nibbling

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَرْض (qarḍ).

Noun

قرض (qarz)

  1. loan
  2. debt

Descendants

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق ر ض
1 term

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic قَرَضَ (qaraḍa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qa.radˤ/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Verb

قرض (ʔaraḍ) I (present بقرض (biʔriḍ))

  1. to lend

Conjugation

    Conjugation of قرض (ʔaraḍ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قرضت (ʔaraḍt) قرضت (ʔaraḍt) قرض (ʔaraḍ) قرضنا (ʔaraḍna) قرضتو (ʔaraḍtu) قرضو (ʔaraḍu)
f قرضتي (ʔaraḍti) قرضت (ʔarḍat)
present m بقرض (baʔriḍ) بتقرض (btiʔriḍ) بقرض (biʔriḍ) منقرض (mniʔriḍ) بتقرضو (btiʔriḍu) بقرضو (biʔriḍu)
f بتقرضي (btiʔriḍi) بتقرض (btiʔriḍ)
subjunctive m أقرض (ʔaʔriḍ) تقرض (tiʔriḍ) يقرض (yiʔriḍ) نقرض (niʔriḍ) تقرضو (tiʔriḍu) يقرضو (yiʔriḍu)
f تقرضي (tiʔriḍi) تقرض (tiʔriḍ)
imperative m اقرض (iʔriḍ) اقرضو (iʔriḍu)
f اقرضي (iʔriḍi)

Sudanese Arabic

Root
ق ر ض
1 term

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Pronunciation

Adjective

قرض (garaḍ)

  1. ugly, horrible

Further reading

  • قرض” in The Living Arabic Project.

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قرض (qarz), from Arabic قَرْض (qarḍ).

Pronunciation

Noun

قَرْض (qarzm (Hindi spelling क़र्ज़)

  1. debt; loan; credit
    Antonym: نَقَد (naqad)
  2. (figuratively) revenge, vengeance

Declension

    Declension of قرض
singular plural
direct قَرْض (qarz) قَرْض (qarz)
oblique قَرْض (qarz) قَرْضوں (qarzõ)
vocative قَرْض (qarz) قَرْضو (qarzo)

Further reading

  • قرض”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • قرض”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “قرض”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.