قدرت

Arabic

Verb

قدرت (form I)

  1. قَدَرْتُ (qadartu) /qa.dar.tu/: first-person singular past active of قَدَرَ (qadara)
  2. قَدَرْتَ (qadarta) /qa.dar.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of قَدَرَ (qadara)
  3. قَدَرْتِ (qadarti) /qa.dar.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of قَدَرَ (qadara)
  4. قَدَرَتْ (qadarat) /qa.da.rat/: third-person feminine singular past active of قَدَرَ (qadara)
  5. قَدِرْتُ (qadirtu) /qa.dir.tu/: first-person singular past active of قَدِرَ (qadira)
  6. قَدِرْتَ (qadirta) /qa.dir.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of قَدِرَ (qadira)
  7. قَدِرْتِ (qadirti) /qa.dir.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of قَدِرَ (qadira)
  8. قَدِرَتْ (qadirat) /qa.di.rat/: third-person feminine singular past active of قَدِرَ (qadira)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic قُدْرَة (qudra), verbal noun of قَدَرَ (qadara, to have power over; to be able to).

Noun

قدرت • (kudret)

  1. power, might, strength

Derived terms

  • قدرتلو (kudretli)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kudret

References

Pashto

Etymology

From Arabic قُدْرَة (qudra).

Noun

قدرت • (ḳudrátm

  1. power, force, might

References

  • قدرت”, in Pashto Dictionary, Peshawar, Pakistan: Pukhtoogle, 2020.
  • Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009) “قدرت”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press

Persian

Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic قُدْرَة (qudra).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? qudrat
    Dari reading? qudrat
    Iranian reading? ġodrat
    Tajik reading? qudrat
    • (Iran) IPA(key): [ɢod̪ˈɾæt̪ʰ]

    Noun

    Dari قدرت
    Iranian Persian
    Tajik қудрат

    قدرت • (qodrat)

    1. power
      قدرت‌های جهانیqodrat-hâ-ye jahâniworld powers
    2. ability
    3. strength
    4. potency

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    Urdu

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Classical Persian قُدْرَت (qudrat), borrowed from Arabic قُدْرَة (qudra), from قَدَرَ (qadara). First attested in c. 1421 as Middle Hindi قدرت (qdrt /⁠qudrat⁠/).[1]

      Pronunciation

      • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /qʊd̪.ɾət̪/
      • Rhymes: -ət̪
      • Hyphenation: قُد‧رَت

      Noun

      قُدْرَت • (qudratf (Hindi spelling क़ुदरत)

      1. nature
      2. destiny, providence
      3. power, force, potency
      4. (by extension, religion) divine power
      5. command (ie. authority, control)
      6. courage

      Declension

      Declension of قدرت
      singular plural
      direct قُدْرَت (qudrat) قُدْرَتیں (qudratẽ)
      oblique قُدْرَت (qudrat) قُدْرَتوں (qudratõ)
      vocative قُدْرَت (qudrat) قُدْرَتو (qudrato)

      References

      1. ^ قدرت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

      Further reading

      • قدرت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
      • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “قدرت”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]