وقار

Arabic

Root
و ق ر (w q r)
5 terms

Etymology

    From Proto-Semitic *waqar- (“to be heavy or weighty; a tree laden with fruits; to be honorable or to hold weight in value”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *waqar-; compare Egyptian jqr (“excellent, worthy”) and Hebrew יָקָר (“expensive, dear, precious”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /wa.qaːr/
    • Rhymes: -aːr

    Noun

    وَقَار • (waqār) m (plural وُقُور (wuqūr))

    1. dignity, grandeur
    2. majesty
    3. sobriety
    4. veneration

    Declension

    Declension of noun وَقَار (waqār)
    singular basic singular triptote
    indefinite definite construct
    informal وَقَار
    waqār     		الْوَقَار
    al-waqār     		وَقَار
    waqār
    nominative وَقَارٌ
    waqārun     		الْوَقَارُ
    al-waqāru     		وَقَارُ
    waqāru
    accusative وَقَارًا
    waqāran     		الْوَقَارَ
    al-waqāra     		وَقَارَ
    waqāra
    genitive وَقَارٍ
    waqārin     		الْوَقَارِ
    al-waqāri     		وَقَارِ
    waqāri
    dual indefinite definite construct
    informal وَقَارَيْن
    waqārayn     		الْوَقَارَيْن
    al-waqārayn     		وَقَارَيْ
    waqāray
    nominative وَقَارَانِ
    waqārāni     		الْوَقَارَانِ
    al-waqārāni     		وَقَارَا
    waqārā
    accusative وَقَارَيْنِ
    waqārayni     		الْوَقَارَيْنِ
    al-waqārayni     		وَقَارَيْ
    waqāray
    genitive وَقَارَيْنِ
    waqārayni     		الْوَقَارَيْنِ
    al-waqārayni     		وَقَارَيْ
    waqāray
    plural basic broken plural triptote
    indefinite definite construct
    informal وُقُور
    wuqūr     		الْوُقُور
    al-wuqūr     		وُقُور
    wuqūr
    nominative وُقُورٌ
    wuqūrun     		الْوُقُورُ
    al-wuqūru     		وُقُورُ
    wuqūru
    accusative وُقُورًا
    wuqūran     		الْوُقُورَ
    al-wuqūra     		وُقُورَ
    wuqūra
    genitive وُقُورٍ
    wuqūrin     		الْوُقُورِ
    al-wuqūri     		وُقُورِ
    wuqūri

    Descendants

    • → Ottoman Turkish: وقار (vakar)
    • → Persian: وقار (vaqâr)

    Persian

    Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Proto-Semitic *waqar-
      Arabic وَقَار (waqār)bor.
      Persian وقار

      Borrowed from Arabic وَقَار (waqār).

      Pronunciation

       

      Readings
      Classical reading? waqār
      Dari reading? waqār
      Iranian reading? vaġâr
      Tajik reading? vaqor

      Noun

      وقار • (vaqâr)

      1. dignity, grandeur, majesty
        • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 80:
          ناگفته یک سخن دل و جان صید میکنی
          ای ناز و دلبری بتو لایق وقار هم
          nāgufta yak suxan dil u jān sayd mēkunī
          ay nāz u dilbarē ba-tō lāyiq-i waqār ham
          The heart has not uttered a word and you are hunting the soul,
          O you by whom even flirting and heart-capturing become worthy of dignity!
          (Classical Persian transliteration)

      Further reading

      Urdu

      Etymology

        Etymology tree
        Proto-Semitic *waqar-
        Arabic وَقَار (waqār)bor.
        Classical Persian وَقَار (waqār)bor.
        Urdu وَقار (vaqār)

        Borrowed from Classical Persian وَقَار (waqār), borrowed from Arabic وَقَار (waqār), from Proto-Semitic *waqar-. First attested in c. 1649 as Middle Hindi وقار (vqar /⁠vaqār⁠/).[1]

        Pronunciation

        • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʋə.qɑːɾ/
        • Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
        • Hyphenation: وَ‧قار

        Noun

        وَقار • (vaqār) m (Hindi spelling वक़ार)

        1. dignity, honour, prestige
        2. serenity, solemnity, modesty
        3. consistency, resolution

        Declension

        Declension of وقار
        singular plural
        direct وَقار (vaqār) وَقار (vaqār)
        oblique وَقار (vaqār) وَقاروں (vaqārõ)
        vocative وَقار (vaqār) وَقارو (vaqāro)

        Proper noun

        وَقار • (vaqār) m (Hindi spelling वक़ार)

        1. a male given name from Arabic

        References

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

        Further reading

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