مقدار

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Arabic

Root
ق د ر (q-d-r)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miq.daːr/
    • (Hijazi) IPA(key): /miɡdaːr/
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Noun

مِقْدَار (miqdārm (plural مَقَادِير (maqādīr))

  1. amount, quantity
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 70:4:
      تَعْرُجُ ٱلْمَلَائِكَةُ وَٱلرُّوحُ إِلَيْهِ فِي يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُ خَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ
      taʕruju l-malāʔikatu war-rūḥu ʔilayhi fī yawmin kāna miqdāruhu ḵamsīna ʔalfa sanatin
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Descendants

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مِقْدَار (miqdār).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? miqdār
Dari reading? miqdār
Iranian reading? meğdâr
Tajik reading? miqdor

Noun

Dari مِقدار
Iranian Persian
Tajik миқдор

مِقدار (meqdâr) (plural مَقادیر (maqâdir))

  1. amount, quantity
    مقدار زیادیmeqdâr-e ziyâdia large amount; a lot
  2. value (numerical quantity)
  3. (medicine) dose

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic مِقْدَار (miqdār).

Pronunciation

Noun

مِقْدار (miqdārm (Hindi spelling मिक़दार)

  1. amount, quantity