قطار

Arabic

Root
ق ط ر (q-ṭ-r)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qi.tˤaːr/

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Noun

قِطَار • (qiṭār) m (plural قِطَارَات (qiṭārāt) or قُطُر (quṭur))

1. row
2. row of camels
3. (railroad) train

Declension

Declension of noun قِطَار (qiṭār)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِطَار qiṭār	الْقِطَار al-qiṭār	قِطَار qiṭār
Nominative	قِطَارٌ qiṭārun	الْقِطَارُ al-qiṭāru	قِطَارُ qiṭāru
Accusative	قِطَارًا qiṭāran	الْقِطَارَ al-qiṭāra	قِطَارَ qiṭāra
Genitive	قِطَارٍ qiṭārin	الْقِطَارِ al-qiṭāri	قِطَارِ qiṭāri
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِطَارَيْن qiṭārayn	الْقِطَارَيْن al-qiṭārayn	قِطَارَيْ qiṭāray
Nominative	قِطَارَانِ qiṭārāni	الْقِطَارَانِ al-qiṭārāni	قِطَارَا qiṭārā
Accusative	قِطَارَيْنِ qiṭārayni	الْقِطَارَيْنِ al-qiṭārayni	قِطَارَيْ qiṭāray
Genitive	قِطَارَيْنِ qiṭārayni	الْقِطَارَيْنِ al-qiṭārayni	قِطَارَيْ qiṭāray
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِطَارَات‎; قُطُر qiṭārāt‎; quṭur	الْقِطَارَات‎; الْقُطُر al-qiṭārāt‎; al-quṭur	قِطَارَات‎; قُطُر qiṭārāt‎; quṭur
Nominative	قِطَارَاتٌ‎; قُطُرٌ qiṭārātun‎; quṭurun	الْقِطَارَاتُ‎; الْقُطُرُ al-qiṭārātu‎; al-quṭuru	قِطَارَاتُ‎; قُطُرُ qiṭārātu‎; quṭuru
Accusative	قِطَارَاتٍ‎; قُطُرًا qiṭārātin‎; quṭuran	الْقِطَارَاتِ‎; الْقُطُرَ al-qiṭārāti‎; al-quṭura	قِطَارَاتِ‎; قُطُرَ qiṭārāti‎; quṭura
Genitive	قِطَارَاتٍ‎; قُطُرٍ qiṭārātin‎; quṭurin	الْقِطَارَاتِ‎; الْقُطُرِ al-qiṭārāti‎; al-quṭuri	قِطَارَاتِ‎; قُطُرِ qiṭārāti‎; quṭuri

References

• Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “قطار”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “قطار”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “قطر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ط ر
3 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic قِطَار (qiṭār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡi.ˈtˤaːr/, [ɡɪ.ˈtˤaːr]

Noun

قِطَار • (giṭār) m (plural قِطارات (giṭārāt))

1. (railroad) train

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قِطَار (qiṭār).

Pronunciation

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• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [qi.ˈtɑːɾ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qæ.t̪ʰɒ́ːɹ], [qe.t̪ʰɒ́ːɹ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qä.t̪ʰɔ́ɾ]

Readings
Classical reading?	qitār
Iranian reading?	ğatâr, ğetâr
Tajik reading?	qator

• [qe.t̪ʰɒ́ːɹ] is an archaic pronunciation.

Noun

Dari	قطار
Iranian Persian
Tajik	қатор, поезд

قَطار • (qatâr) (plural قطارها (qatâr-hâ))

1. train (transportation)

   Synonyms: ترن (teran), ریل (reyl)

   ساعت حرکت قطارها ― sâ'at-e herkat-e qatâr-hâ ― train departure times

2. train, row, file

   Synonyms: صف (saf), ردیف (radif), سلسله (selsele)

   • c. 1911, Mohammad Hossein Âğuli Torki-ye Shirâzi, دیوان ترکی شیرازی‎^[2]:

     او به صد ناز می رود تنها
     دل خلق از پیش قطار، قطار

     u be sad nâz mi-ravad tanhâ
     del-e xalq az piš qetâr, qetâr

     He/She comes alone with a hundred coquettries,
     People's hearts are lined up in rows before him/her.

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق ط ر
2 terms

قطار بقطع جسر بالطريق لسويسرا ― a train crossing a bridge on the way to Switzerland

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic قِطَار (qiṭār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qi.tˤaːr/, [qɪ.tˤɑːrˤ]

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Noun

قطار • (qiṭār) m

1. (formal) train

   Synonym: ترين (trēn)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قِطَار (qiṭār).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qɪ.t̪ɑːɾ/

Noun

قِطار • (qitār) m or f (Hindi spelling क़ितार)

1. queue, line, row
2. train, railway vehicle

   Synonyms: ریل گاڑی (rel gāṛī), گاڑی (gāṛī)