قادر

Arabic

Root
ق د ر (q d r)
14 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of the verb قَدَرَ (qadara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qaː.dir/

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Adjective

قَادِر • (qādir) (feminine قَادِرَة (qādira), masculine plural قادِرُونَ (qādirūna), feminine plural قادِرَات (qādirāt), elative أَقْدَر (ʔaqdar))

1. powerful

   Synonym: قَدِير (qadīr)

2. capable, able

   Synonym: قَدِير (qadīr)

   إن القلب الذي لم يعد قادرًا على الشعور بالرحمة لا يمكن أن يكون وعاءً للخلاص أو وعاءً للإيمان الحقيقي.

   A heart that is no longer capable of feeling compassion cannot be a vessel of salvation or a vessel of true faith.

   هل تعتقد أن الكتاب المقدس قادر أن يخبرنا عن المستقبل؟‏

   Do you think the Bible can tell us about the future?

3. efficient, talented

Declension

Declension of adjective قَادِر (qādir)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	قَادِر qādir	الْقَادِر al-qādir	قَادِرَة qādira	الْقَادِرَة al-qādira
Nominative	قَادِرٌ qādirun	الْقَادِرُ al-qādiru	قَادِرَةٌ qādiratun	الْقَادِرَةُ al-qādiratu
Accusative	قَادِرًا qādiran	الْقَادِرَ al-qādira	قَادِرَةً qādiratan	الْقَادِرَةَ al-qādirata
Genitive	قَادِرٍ qādirin	الْقَادِرِ al-qādiri	قَادِرَةٍ qādiratin	الْقَادِرَةِ al-qādirati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	قَادِرَيْن qādirayn	الْقَادِرَيْن al-qādirayn	قَادِرَتَيْن qādiratayn	الْقَادِرَتَيْن al-qādiratayn
Nominative	قَادِرَانِ qādirāni	الْقَادِرَانِ al-qādirāni	قَادِرَتَانِ qādiratāni	الْقَادِرَتَانِ al-qādiratāni
Accusative	قَادِرَيْنِ qādirayni	الْقَادِرَيْنِ al-qādirayni	قَادِرَتَيْنِ qādiratayni	الْقَادِرَتَيْنِ al-qādiratayni
Genitive	قَادِرَيْنِ qādirayni	الْقَادِرَيْنِ al-qādirayni	قَادِرَتَيْنِ qādiratayni	الْقَادِرَتَيْنِ al-qādiratayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	قَادِرِين qādirīn	الْقَادِرِين al-qādirīn	قَادِرَات qādirāt	الْقَادِرَات al-qādirāt
Nominative	قَادِرُونَ qādirūna	الْقَادِرُونَ al-qādirūna	قَادِرَاتٌ qādirātun	الْقَادِرَاتُ al-qādirātu
Accusative	قَادِرِينَ qādirīna	الْقَادِرِينَ al-qādirīna	قَادِرَاتٍ qādirātin	الْقَادِرَاتِ al-qādirāti
Genitive	قَادِرِينَ qādirīna	الْقَادِرِينَ al-qādirīna	قَادِرَاتٍ qādirātin	الْقَادِرَاتِ al-qādirāti

Descendants

• → Middle Armenian: ղադիր (ġadir)
• → Ottoman Turkish: قادر (kadir, kadır)
  • Turkish: kadir, kâdir (superseded spelling), kadır (Vidin)
  • → Albanian: kadër
  • → Armenian: խատիր (xatir)
  • → Aromanian: cadãr
  • → Bulgarian: кадъ́р (kadǎ́r) (archaic); ⇒ кадъ́рен (kadǎ́ren)
  • → Macedonian: кадар (kadar)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: kádar／ка́дар
• → Classical Persian: قادر (qādir)
  • Tajik: қодир (qodir)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: क़ादिर (qādir)

    Urdu: قادِر (qādir)

  • → Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਕਾਦਰ (kādar)

    Shahmukhi script: قادر (qādar)

Proper noun

القَادِر • (al-qādir) m

1. (Islam) one of God's names in Islam, ("the All Able, the Powerful, the Omnipotent")

Derived terms

• عبد القادر (ʕabd al-qādir, “a theophoric male given name, Abd al-Qadir”)

 

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “قدر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق د ر
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قَادِر (qādir).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaː.dir/, [ɡaː.dɪr]

Adjective

قادر • (gādir) (feminine قادرة (gādra), common plural قادرين (gādrīn))

1. capable, able

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• գատիր (kadir), գատըր (kadır)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَادِر (qādir).

Adjective

قادر • (kadir, kadır) (feminine and plural قادره)

1. strong, able, powerful

   Synonym: مقتدر (muktedir)

   قادر اولمق ― kadir olmak ― to be able, can

2. omnipotent, almighty (of God)

Descendants

• Turkish: kadir, kâdir (superseded spelling), kadır (Vidin)
• → Albanian: kadër
• → Armenian: խատիր (xatir)
• → Aromanian: cadãr
• → Bulgarian: кадъ́р (kadǎ́r) (archaic); ⇒ кадъ́рен (kadǎ́ren)
• → Macedonian: кадар (kadar)
• → Serbo-Croatian: kádar／ка́дар

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قادر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1409a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قادر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 923a
• Pōzačean, Yakovbos (1841) “գատըր”, in Hamaṙōt baṙaran i tačkakanē i hay [Concise Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary]‎^[3], Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 70a
• Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “قادِر”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1019

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَادِر (qādir).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [qɑː.ˈðiɾ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qɑː.d̪ɪ́ɾ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qɑː.d̪ɪ́ɾ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qɑː.d̪ɪ́ɾ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qɔː.d̪íɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qɒː.d̪éɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qɔ.d̪íɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	qāḏir
Dari reading?	qādir
Iranian reading?	ğâder
Tajik reading?	qodir

Adjective

Dari	قادر
Iranian Persian
Tajik	қодир

قادِر • (qâder) (comparative قادِرتَر (qâder-tar), superlative قادِرتَرین (qâder-tarin))

1. able; with the ability to

   قادر بودن ― qâder budan ― to be able to

2. powerful; formidable

   Synonym: قدرتمند (qodratmand)

   سلطانِ قادر ― soltân-e qâder ― powerful sultan

Derived terms

• قادر کردن (qâder kardan, “to enable”)

 

Descendants

• Tajik: қодир (qodir)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: क़ादिर (qādir)

  Urdu: قادِر (qādir)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਕਾਦਰ (kādar)

  Shahmukhi script: قادر (qādar)

Proper noun

قادر • (qâder)

1. a male given name from Arabic

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق د ر
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قَادِر (qādir).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Urban) /ʔaː.dir/, [ˈʔæː.dɪr]
• IPA^(key): (Bedouin) /ɡaː.dir/, [ˈɡæː.dɪr]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

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Participle

قادر • (ʔāder) (feminine قادرة (ʔādre), common plural قادرين (ʔādrīn))

1. active participle of قدر (ʔidir, “to be able to”)