Arabic

Verb

قَدَرَ • ‎(qadara) I, non-past يَقْدِرُ‎ (yaqdiru)
قَدِرَ • ‎(qadira) I, non-past يَقْدَرُ‎ (yaqdaru)

1. to be able to, can
2. to have power over
3. to be equal to, to be up to (doing something)

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Noun

قَدْر • ‎(qadr) m ‎(plural أَقْدَار ‎(ʾaqdār))

1. quantity, quantum, measure, magnitude, size, bulk, proportion, extent, space, amount, sum, number

   هٰذَا قَدْر ذٰلِكَ‎

   hāḏā qadr ḏālika

   this is as much as that

   هُم قَدْر مِئَة‎

   hum qadr miʾa

   they are as many as 100

   (formal) هُم قَدْرُ مِئَةٍ‎

   hum qadru miʾatin

   they are as many as 100

   أَقَمْتُ عِنْدَهُ قَدْرَ أَن يَفْعَلَ كَذَا‎

   ʾaqamtu ʿindahu qadra ʾan yafʿala kaḏā

   I remained at his house long enough for him to do thus

2. worth, value
3. greatness, majesty, honorableness, nobleness
4. preordained destiny, predestination, fate
5. will of God, divine decree, providence
6. might, power, position, influence, wealth

Declension

References

• “قدر” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “قدر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 3

Noun

قَدَر • ‎(qadar) m ‎(plural أَقْدَار ‎(ʾaqdār))

1. verbal noun of قَدِرَ ‎(qadira, “to be able to”) (form I)
2. fate, destiny
3. power, capacity, faculty
4. ability
5. competence
6. sufficiency, riches
7. quantity, measure, size, space, amount, sum, number
8. worth, value
9. greatness, majesty, honorableness, nobleness

Declension

References

• “قدر” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “قدر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 4

Noun

قِدْر • ‎(qidr) f ‎(plural قُدُور ‎(qudūr))

1. (cooking) pot, kettle, cooking pot

   قِدْر نُحَاس‎ ― qidr nuḥās ― copper pot

Declension

References

• “قدر” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “قدر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic قَدَر ‎(qadar)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /gadar/

Noun

قَدَر • ‎(gadar) m (plural أَقْدار ‎(ʼagdār))

1. destiny, fate

Synonyms

• مَصير, نَصيب, قِسْمَة

Etymology 2

From Arabic قِدْر ‎(qidr)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /gidir/

Noun

قِدِر • ‎(gidir) m (plural قُدور ‎(gudūr))

1. cooking pot

Synonyms

• حَلَّة

Etymology 3

From Arabic قَدْر ‎(qadr)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /gadir/

Noun

قَدِر • ‎(gadir) m

1. quantity, quantum, measure, magnitude, size, much

   ما كُنْت أَعْرِف إنّك تِحُبِّيه بِهَذا القَدِر‎

   mā **** ʼaʿrif innik tiḥubbī bihāda algadir

   I didn't know that you love him this much

Synonyms

• قَد