قطار

Arabic

Root
ق ط ر (q ṭ r)
9 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /qi.tˤaːr/
Audio: (file)

Noun

قِطَار • (qiṭār) m (plural قِطَارَات (qiṭārāt) or قُطُر (quṭur))

row
row of camels
(railroad) train

Declension

Declension of noun قِطَار (qiṭār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِطَار qiṭār	الْقِطَار al-qiṭār	قِطَار qiṭār
Nominative	قِطَارٌ qiṭārun	الْقِطَارُ al-qiṭāru	قِطَارُ qiṭāru
Accusative	قِطَارًا qiṭāran	الْقِطَارَ al-qiṭāra	قِطَارَ qiṭāra
Genitive	قِطَارٍ qiṭārin	الْقِطَارِ al-qiṭāri	قِطَارِ qiṭāri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِطَارَيْن qiṭārayn	الْقِطَارَيْن al-qiṭārayn	قِطَارَيْ qiṭāray
Nominative	قِطَارَانِ qiṭārāni	الْقِطَارَانِ al-qiṭārāni	قِطَارَا qiṭārā
Accusative	قِطَارَيْنِ qiṭārayni	الْقِطَارَيْنِ al-qiṭārayni	قِطَارَيْ qiṭāray
Genitive	قِطَارَيْنِ qiṭārayni	الْقِطَارَيْنِ al-qiṭārayni	قِطَارَيْ qiṭāray
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِطَارَات‎; قُطُر qiṭārāt‎; quṭur	الْقِطَارَات‎; الْقُطُر al-qiṭārāt‎; al-quṭur	قِطَارَات‎; قُطُر qiṭārāt‎; quṭur
Nominative	قِطَارَاتٌ‎; قُطُرٌ qiṭārātun‎; quṭurun	الْقِطَارَاتُ‎; الْقُطُرُ al-qiṭārātu‎; al-quṭuru	قِطَارَاتُ‎; قُطُرُ qiṭārātu‎; quṭuru
Accusative	قِطَارَاتٍ‎; قُطُرًا qiṭārātin‎; quṭuran	الْقِطَارَاتِ‎; الْقُطُرَ al-qiṭārāti‎; al-quṭura	قِطَارَاتِ‎; قُطُرَ qiṭārāti‎; quṭura
Genitive	قِطَارَاتٍ‎; قُطُرٍ qiṭārātin‎; quṭurin	الْقِطَارَاتِ‎; الْقُطُرِ al-qiṭārāti‎; al-quṭuri	قِطَارَاتِ‎; قُطُرِ qiṭārāti‎; quṭuri

References

Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “قطار”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “قطار”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
Wehr, Hans (1979) “قطر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ط ر
3 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic قِطَار (qiṭār).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡi.ˈtˤaːr/,

Noun

قِطَار • (giṭār) m (plural قِطارات (giṭārāt))

(railroad) train

Persian

Persian Wikipedia has an article on:

قطار

Wikipedia ^fa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قِطَار (qiṭār).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key):

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): ,

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key):

Readings
Classical reading^?	qitār
Iranian reading^?	ğatâr, ğetâr
Tajik reading^?	qator

Audio (Iran): (file)
is an archaic pronunciation.

Noun


Iranian Persian	قطار
Dari	قطار
Tajik	қатор, поезд

قَطار • (qatâr) (plural قطارها (qatâr-hâ))

train (transportation)
Synonyms: ترن (teran), ریل (reyl)

― sâ'at-e herkat-e qatâr-hâ ― train departure times
train, row, file
Synonyms: صف (saf), ردیف (radif), سلسله (selsele)
- c. 1911, Mohammad Hossein Âğuli Torki-ye Shirâzi, دیوان ترکی شیرازی‎:
  او به صد ناز می رود تنها
  دل خلق از پیش قطار، قطار
  u be sad nâz mi-ravad tanhâ
  del-e xalq az piš qetâr, qetâr
  He/She comes alone with a hundred coquettries,
  People's hearts are lined up in rows before him/her.