قرار

Arabic

Root
ق ر ر (q r r)
19 terms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /qa.raːr/
Audio: (file)

Noun

قَرَار • (qarār) m (plural قَرَارَات (qarārāt))

verbal noun of قَرَّ (qarra, “to be established, settled”) (form I)
decision
fixed residence, domicile
Synonyms: بَيْت (bayt), سَكَن (sakan), مَسْكَن (maskan)
secure dwelling
Synonym: مَقَر (maqar)
stability
Synonym: اِسْتِقْرَار (istiqrār)
steadiness
perseverance
rest, quietude
patience
assurance, promise, agreement
security
truth
consent
deepest spot, bottom, low plain
- Souad al-Sabah
  يَا لَهُمْ، وَاللُّؤْلُؤُ الْمَكْنُونُ فِي جَوْفِ الْبِحَارِ / لَمْ يَزَلْ يَسْأَلُ عَنْهُمْ كُلَّ لَيْلٍ وَنَهَارِ
  لَمْ يَزَلْ فِي شُعَبِ الْمَرْجَانِ حَيًّا وَدَفِينًا / فِي قَرَارٍ لَمْ تَطَأْهُ قَدَمٌ مُنْذُ سِنِينَ
  yā lahum, walluʔluʔ al-maknūnu fī jawfi l-biḥār / lam yazal yasʔalu ʕanhum kulla laylin wanahār
  lam yazal fī šuʕabi l-marjāni ḥayyan wadafīn / fī qarārin lam taṭaʔhu qadamun munḏu sinīn
  To them, and the pearls located in the depths of the seas / still asking for them every night and day
  Still in the reefs alive and buried / in a place no foot had touched for years
pool

Declension

Declension of noun قَرَار (qarār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَرَار qarār	الْقَرَار al-qarār	قَرَار qarār
Nominative	قَرَارٌ qarārun	الْقَرَارُ al-qarāru	قَرَارُ qarāru
Accusative	قَرَارًا qarāran	الْقَرَارَ al-qarāra	قَرَارَ qarāra
Genitive	قَرَارٍ qarārin	الْقَرَارِ al-qarāri	قَرَارِ qarāri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَرَارَيْن qarārayn	الْقَرَارَيْن al-qarārayn	قَرَارَيْ qarāray
Nominative	قَرَارَانِ qarārāni	الْقَرَارَانِ al-qarārāni	قَرَارَا qarārā
Accusative	قَرَارَيْنِ qarārayni	الْقَرَارَيْنِ al-qarārayni	قَرَارَيْ qarāray
Genitive	قَرَارَيْنِ qarārayni	الْقَرَارَيْنِ al-qarārayni	قَرَارَيْ qarāray
Plural	sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَرَارَات qarārāt	الْقَرَارَات al-qarārāt	قَرَارَات qarārāt
Nominative	قَرَارَاتٌ qarārātun	الْقَرَارَاتُ al-qarārātu	قَرَارَاتُ qarārātu
Accusative	قَرَارَاتٍ qarārātin	الْقَرَارَاتِ al-qarārāti	قَرَارَاتِ qarārāti
Genitive	قَرَارَاتٍ qarārātin	الْقَرَارَاتِ al-qarārāti	قَرَارَاتِ qarārāti

Descendants

→ Gulf Arabic: قرار (qarār) (learned)
→ Azerbaijani: qərar
→ Bashkir: ҡарар
→ Kazakh: қарар (qarar)
→ Ottoman Turkish: قرار (karar)
- Turkish: karar
- → Armenian: խարար (xarar), ղարար (ġarar), կարար (karar)
- → Ladino: karar
→ Persian: قرار (qarâr)
- → Bengali: করার (korar)
- → Chagatai: قرار (qarār)
  - Uyghur: قارار (qarar)
  - Uzbek: qaror
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: क़रार (qarār)
  Urdu: قَرار (qarār)
- → Punjabi: ਕਰਾਰ (karār)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “قرار”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ر ر
2 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic قَرَار (qarār).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡa.raːr/, [qa.raːr]

Noun

قرار • (garār) m (plural قرارات (garārāt))

decision

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic قَرَار (qarār).

Noun

قرار • (karar)

Descendants

Turkish: karar
→ Armenian: խարար (xarar), ղարար (ġarar), կարար (karar)
→ Ladino: karar

References

Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “karâr”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[2] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 587
Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَرَار (qarār).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [qa.ˈɾɑːɾ]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qä.ɾɑ́ːɾ]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qä.ɾɑ́ːɾ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qä.ɾɔ́ːɾ]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qæ.ɹɒ́ːɹ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qä.ɾɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading^?	qarār
Dari reading^?	qarār
Iranian reading^?	ğarâr
Tajik reading^?	qaror

Noun


Iranian Persian	قرار
Dari	قرار
Tajik	қарор

قرار • (qarâr) (plural قرارات (qarârât))

arrangement; agreement
rest; repose; calm
Synonyms: آرامش (ârâmeš), آسایش (âsâyeš), استراحت (esterâhat)
- c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 2”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]‎^[3]:
  قَرَار و خْوَاب زِ حَافِظ طَمَع مَدَار اَی دوسْت
  قَرَار چِیسْت؟ صَبُورِی کُدَام و خْوَاب کُجَا؟
  qarār u xwāb z-i hāfiz tama' madār ay dōst
  qarār čīst? sabūrī kudām u xwāb kujā?
  Seek not rest and sleep from Hafez, o friend;
  What is rest? What is patience, and where is sleep?
  (romanization in Classical Persian)
permanence; constance
Synonyms: دوام (davâm), ثبات (sabât)
state; situation; condition; position
Synonyms: حال (hâl), وضع (vaz')
condition; stipulation
Synonym: شرط (šart)
(law) decision; ruling
Synonym: حکم (hokm)
rate

Derived terms

compound verbs

قرار بودن (qarâr budan, “to be supposed to”)
قرار دادن (qarâr dâdan, “to place; to arrange”)
قرار داشتن (qarâr dâštan, “to have an arrangement”)
قرار شدن (qarâr šodan, “to be agreed”)
قرار گذاشتن (qarâr gozâštan, “to make an appointment”)
قرار گرفتن (qarâr gereftan, “to be located; to settle; to grow calm”)

other

برقرار (barqarâr, “established”)
قرارنامه (qarârnâme)
قرارگاه (qarârgâh)

Descendants

→ Bengali: করার (korar)
→ Chagatai: قرار (qarār)
- Uyghur: قارار (qarar)
- Uzbek: qaror
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: क़रार (qarār)

Urdu: قَرار (qarār)
→ Punjabi: ਕਰਾਰ (karār)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق ر ر
2 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic قَرَار (qarār).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /qa.raːr/, [qɑˈrˤɑːrˤ]
Audio (Ramallah): (file)

Noun

قرار • (qarār) m (plural قرارات (qarārāt))

decision

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (qarār), from Arabic قَرَار (qarār).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qə.ɾɑːɾ/
Rhymes: -ɑːɾ

Noun

قَرار • (qarār) m (Hindi spelling क़रार)

peace, tranquility, rest, calm
Synonyms: اَمْن (amn), سُکُون (sukūn), شانْتی (śāntī), آرام (ārām)
conclusion, confirmation
decision, promise, agreement

References

“قرار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“قرار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.