قادر

Arabic

Root
ق د ر (q d r)
17 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of the verb قَدَرَ (qadara).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qaː.dir/
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

قَادِر • (qādir) (feminine قَادِرَة (qādira), masculine plural قادِرُونَ (qādirūna), feminine plural قادِرَات (qādirāt), elative أَقْدَر (ʔaqdar))

  1. powerful
    Synonym: قَدِير (qadīr)
  2. capable, able
    Synonym: قَدِير (qadīr)
    إن القلب الذي لم يعد قادرًا على الشعور بالرحمة لا يمكن أن يكون وعاءً للخلاص أو وعاءً للإيمان الحقيقي.
    A heart that is no longer capable of feeling compassion cannot be a vessel of salvation or a vessel of true faith.
    هل تعتقد أن الكتاب المقدس قادر أن يخبرنا عن المستقبل؟
    Do you think the Bible can tell us about the future?
  3. efficient, talented

Declension

Declension of adjective قَادِر (qādir)
singular masculine feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal قَادِر
qādir
الْقَادِر
al-qādir
قَادِرَة
qādira
الْقَادِرَة
al-qādira
nominative قَادِرٌ
qādirun
الْقَادِرُ
al-qādiru
قَادِرَةٌ
qādiratun
الْقَادِرَةُ
al-qādiratu
accusative قَادِرًا
qādiran
الْقَادِرَ
al-qādira
قَادِرَةً
qādiratan
الْقَادِرَةَ
al-qādirata
genitive قَادِرٍ
qādirin
الْقَادِرِ
al-qādiri
قَادِرَةٍ
qādiratin
الْقَادِرَةِ
al-qādirati
dual masculine feminine
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal قَادِرَيْن
qādirayn
الْقَادِرَيْن
al-qādirayn
قَادِرَتَيْن
qādiratayn
الْقَادِرَتَيْن
al-qādiratayn
nominative قَادِرَانِ
qādirāni
الْقَادِرَانِ
al-qādirāni
قَادِرَتَانِ
qādiratāni
الْقَادِرَتَانِ
al-qādiratāni
accusative قَادِرَيْنِ
qādirayni
الْقَادِرَيْنِ
al-qādirayni
قَادِرَتَيْنِ
qādiratayni
الْقَادِرَتَيْنِ
al-qādiratayni
genitive قَادِرَيْنِ
qādirayni
الْقَادِرَيْنِ
al-qādirayni
قَادِرَتَيْنِ
qādiratayni
الْقَادِرَتَيْنِ
al-qādiratayni
plural masculine feminine
sound masculine plural sound feminine plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
informal قَادِرِين
qādirīn
الْقَادِرِين
al-qādirīn
قَادِرَات
qādirāt
الْقَادِرَات
al-qādirāt
nominative قَادِرُونَ
qādirūna
الْقَادِرُونَ
al-qādirūna
قَادِرَاتٌ
qādirātun
الْقَادِرَاتُ
al-qādirātu
accusative قَادِرِينَ
qādirīna
الْقَادِرِينَ
al-qādirīna
قَادِرَاتٍ
qādirātin
الْقَادِرَاتِ
al-qādirāti
genitive قَادِرِينَ
qādirīna
الْقَادِرِينَ
al-qādirīna
قَادِرَاتٍ
qādirātin
الْقَادِرَاتِ
al-qādirāti

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: ղադիր (ġadir)
  • Ottoman Turkish: قادر (kadir, kadır)
  • Classical Persian: قادر (qādir)
    • Tajik: қодир (qodir)
    • Hindustani:
      Hindi: क़ादिर (qādir)
      Urdu: قادِر (qādir)
    • Punjabi:
      Gurmukhi script: ਕਾਦਰ (kādar)
      Shahmukhi script: قادر (qādar)

Proper noun

القَادِر • (al-qādirm

  1. (Islam) one of God's names in Islam, ("the All Able, the Powerful, the Omnipotent")

Derived terms

  • عبد القادر (ʕabd al-qādir, a theophoric male given name, Abd al-Qadir)

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “قدر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق د ر
4 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قَادِر (qādir).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaː.dir/, [ɡaː.dɪr]

Adjective

قادر • (gādir) (feminine قادرة (gādra), common plural قادرين (gādrīn))

  1. capable, able

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • գատիր (kadir), գատըր (kadır)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَادِر (qādir).

Adjective

قادر • (kadir, kadır) (feminine and plural قادره)

  1. strong, able, powerful
    Synonym: مقتدر (muktedir)
    قادر اولمقkadir olmakto be able, can
  2. omnipotent, almighty (of God)

Descendants

References

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَادِر (qādir).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? qādir
Dari reading? qādir
Iranian reading? ġâder
Tajik reading? qodir

Adjective

Dari قادر
Iranian Persian
Tajik қодир

قادِر • (qâder) (comparative قادِرتَر, superlative قادِرتَرین)

  1. able; with the ability to
    قادر بودنqâder budanto be able to
  2. powerful; formidable
    Synonym: قدرتمند (qodratmand)
    سلطانِ قادرsoltân-e qâderpowerful sultan

Derived terms

  • قادر کردن (qâder kardan, to enable)

Descendants

  • Tajik: қодир (qodir)
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: क़ादिर (qādir)
    Urdu: قادِر (qādir)
  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਕਾਦਰ (kādar)
    Shahmukhi script: قادر (qādar)

Proper noun

قادر • (qâder)

  1. a male given name from Arabic

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق د ر
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قَادِر (qādir).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Urban) /ʔaː.dir/, [ˈʔæː.dɪr]
  • IPA(key): (Bedouin) /ɡaː.dir/, [ˈɡæː.dɪr]
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Participle

قادر • (ʔāder) (feminine قادرة (ʔādre), common plural قادرين (ʔādrīn))

  1. active participle of قدر (ʔidir, to be able to)