قار

See also: فأر, قاز, and فاز

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ق ر ر (q-r-r)

Derived from the active participle of قَرَّ (qarra, “to be settled, to be cold”).

Adjective

قَارّ • (qārr) (feminine قَارَّة (qārra))

1. quiet, still, at rest
2. dwelling permanently
3. cold
4. comforting the heart
5. avowing, confessing

Declension

Declension of adjective قَارّ (qārr)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	قَارّ qārr	الْقَارّ al-qārr	قَارَّة qārra	الْقَارَّة al-qārra
Nominative	قَارٌّ qārrun	الْقَارُّ al-qārru	قَارَّةٌ qārratun	الْقَارَّةُ al-qārratu
Accusative	قَارًّا qārran	الْقَارَّ al-qārra	قَارَّةً qārratan	الْقَارَّةَ al-qārrata
Genitive	قَارٍّ qārrin	الْقَارِّ al-qārri	قَارَّةٍ qārratin	الْقَارَّةِ al-qārrati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	قَارَّيْن qārrayn	الْقَارَّيْن al-qārrayn	قَارَّتَيْن qārratayn	الْقَارَّتَيْن al-qārratayn
Nominative	قَارَّانِ qārrāni	الْقَارَّانِ al-qārrāni	قَارَّتَانِ qārratāni	الْقَارَّتَانِ al-qārratāni
Accusative	قَارَّيْنِ qārrayni	الْقَارَّيْنِ al-qārrayni	قَارَّتَيْنِ qārratayni	الْقَارَّتَيْنِ al-qārratayni
Genitive	قَارَّيْنِ qārrayni	الْقَارَّيْنِ al-qārrayni	قَارَّتَيْنِ qārratayni	الْقَارَّتَيْنِ al-qārratayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	قَارَّات qārrāt	الْقَارَّات al-qārrāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	قَارَّاتٌ qārrātun	الْقَارَّاتُ al-qārrātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	قَارَّاتٍ qārrātin	الْقَارَّاتِ al-qārrāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	قَارَّاتٍ qārrātin	الْقَارَّاتِ al-qārrāti

Etymology 2

Noun

قَار • (qār) m

1. alternative form of قِير (qīr)

Declension

Declension of noun قَار (qār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَار qār	الْقَار al-qār	قَار qār
Nominative	قَارٌ qārun	الْقَارُ al-qāru	قَارُ qāru
Accusative	قَارًا qāran	الْقَارَ al-qāra	قَارَ qāra
Genitive	قَارٍ qārin	الْقَارِ al-qāri	قَارِ qāri

Derived terms

• قَارِيّ (qāriyy, “tarry, bituminous”)

See قِير (qīr) for others

Descendants

• → Amharic: ቃር (ḳar)
• → Ge'ez: ቃር (ḳar)

Chagatai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kiār (“snow”).

Noun

قَارْ (transliteration needed) (plural قَارْ‌لَارْ)

1. snow

Descendants

• Uyghur: قار (qar), қар (qar)
• Uzbek: қор (qor), qor

Khalaj

Noun

قار (qâr, qâar) (definite accusative قارؽ, plural قارلار)

1. Arabic spelling of qâr, qâar (“snow”)

Declension

Declension of قار

	singular	plural
nominative	قار	قارلار
genitive	قارؽݧ	قارلارؽݧ
dative	قارقا	قارلارقا
definite accusative	قارؽ	قارلارؽ
locative	قارچا	قارلارچا
ablative	قاردا	قارلاردا
instrumental	قارلا	قارلارلا
equative	قاروارا	قارلاروارا

Ottoman Turkish

قار

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kār (“snow”); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰴𐰺 (kar), Azerbaijani qar, Chuvash йор (jor), Dolgan каар, Kazakh қар (qar), Kyrgyz кар (kar), Turkmen gar, Tuvan хар (xar), Uyghur قار (qar), Uzbek qor and Yakut хаар (qaar).

Noun

قار • (kar)

1. snow, the frozen state of water that falls as precipitation

   Synonyms: برف (berf), ثلج (selc)

Derived terms

• قار طوپی (kar topu, “snowball; viburnum”)
• قار قوشی (kar kuşu, “snow bunting”)
• قار چیچكی (kar çiçeği, “false hellebore”)
• قارجی (karcı, “snow seller”)
• قارخانه (karhane, “house for storing snow”)
• قارلق (karlık, “snowpit”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: kar

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kar”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2408
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “قار”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 349a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 923
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Nix”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1141
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “قار”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, columns 3577–3578
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1409

Uyghur

Other scripts
Perso-Arabic	قار
Latin	‍qar‍
Cyrillic	қар

Etymology

From Chagatai قَارْ, from Proto-Turkic *Kiār (“snow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qɑr/

Noun

قار • (qar) (plural قارلار (qarlar))

1. snow