Arabic edit

Root
ق ر ض (q-r-ḍ)

Verb edit

قَرَضَ (qaraḍa) I, non-past يَقْرِضُ‎ (yaqriḍu)

  1. to gnaw, nibble, to cut a bit from the outer
  2. to impart, reward
  3. to lend money
  4. to recite
  5. to swerve to the right and left in walking
  6. (transitive) to depart from
  7. to die, be on the point of death

Conjugation edit

Verb edit

قَرِضَ (qariḍa) I, non-past يَقْرَضُ‎ (yaqraḍu)
قَرُضَ (qaruḍa) I, non-past يَقْرُضُ‎ (yaqruḍu)

  1. to die
  2. to pass from one thing to another

Conjugation edit

Verb edit

قَرَّضَ (qarraḍa) II, non-past يُقَرِّضُ‎ (yuqarriḍu)

  1. to gnaw, to cut in the exterior
  2. to exalt with praise
  3. to blame

Conjugation edit

Noun edit

قَرْض (qarḍm

  1. verbal noun of قَرَضَ (qaraḍa, to cut) (form I)
  2. cutting
  3. gnawing, nibbling

Declension edit

Noun edit

قَرْض or قِرْض (qarḍ or qirḍm (plural قُرُوض (qurūḍ))

  1. loan, debt

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Azerbaijani: qərz
  • Persian: قرض
  • Northern Luri: قٱرڌ (qarđ)
  • Kazakh: қарыз (qaryz)
  • Central Kurdish: قەرز (qerz)
  • Kyrgyz: карыз (karız)
  • Tajik: қарз (qarz)
  • Uyghur: قەرز (qerz)
  • Uzbek: qarz

Noun edit

قَرَض (qaraḍm

  1. verbal noun of قَرِضَ (qariḍa) (form I)
  2. verbal noun of قَرُضَ (qaruḍa) (form I)

Declension edit

Hijazi Arabic edit

Root
ق ر ض
2 terms

Etymology 1 edit

From Arabic قَرَضْ (qaraḍ).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

قَرَض (garaḍ) I (non-past يِقْرُض (yigruḍ))

  1. to lend money
  2. to gnaw, nibble, to cut a bit from the outer
Conjugation edit
    Conjugation of قرض (garaḍ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قرضت (garaḍt) قرضت (garaḍt) قرض (garaḍ) قرضنا (garaḍna) قرضتوا (garaḍtu) قرضوا (garaḍu)
f قرضتي (garaḍti) قرضت (garaḍat)
non-past m أقرض (ʔagruḍ) تقرض (tigruḍ) يقرض (yigruḍ) نقرض (nigruḍ) تقرضوا (tigruḍu) يقرضوا (yigruḍu)
f تقرضي (tigruḍi) تقرض (tigruḍ)
imperative m اقرض (agruḍ) اقرضوا (agruḍu)
f اقرضي (agruḍi)

Etymology 2 edit

From Arabic قَرْضْ (qarḍ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

قَرْضْ (garḍm (plural قُرُوض (gurūḍ))

  1. (finance) loan, debt
  2. gnawing, nibbling

Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic قَرْض (qarḍ).

Noun edit

قرض (qarz)

  1. loan
  2. debt

Descendants edit

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ق ر ض
1 term

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Arabic قَرَضَ (qaraḍa).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /qa.radˤ/, [ˈqɑ.rˤɑdˤ]
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Verb edit

قرض (ʔaraḍ) I (present بقرض (biʔriḍ))

  1. to lend

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of قرض (ʔaraḍ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قرضت (ʔaraḍt) قرضت (ʔaraḍt) قرض (ʔaraḍ) قرضنا (ʔaraḍna) قرضتو (ʔaraḍtu) قرضو (ʔaraḍu)
f قرضتي (ʔaraḍti) قرضت (ʔarḍat)
present m بقرض (baʔriḍ) بتقرض (btiʔriḍ) بقرض (biʔriḍ) منقرض (mniʔriḍ) بتقرضو (btiʔriḍu) بقرضو (biʔriḍu)
f بتقرضي (btiʔriḍi) بتقرض (btiʔriḍ)
subjunctive m أقرض (ʔaʔriḍ) تقرض (tiʔriḍ) يقرض (yiʔriḍ) نقرض (niʔriḍ) تقرضو (tiʔriḍu) يقرضو (yiʔriḍu)
f تقرضي (tiʔriḍi) تقرض (tiʔriḍ)
imperative m اقرض (iʔriḍ) اقرضو (iʔriḍu)
f اقرضي (iʔriḍi)

Sudanese Arabic edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

قرض (garaḍ).

  1. ugly; horrible

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian قرض (qarz), from Arabic قَرْض (qarḍ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

قَرْض (qarzm (Hindi spelling क़र्ज़)

  1. debt; loan; credit
    Antonym: نَقَد (naqad)
  2. (figuratively) revenge, vengeance

Declension edit

Declension of قرض
singular plural
direct قَرْض (qarz) قَرْض (qarz)
oblique قَرْض (qarz) قَرْضوں (qarzō̃)
vocative قَرْض (qarz) قَرْضو (qarzō)

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

  • قرض”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • قرض”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “قرض”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.