قار

See also: فأر‎, قاز‎, and فاز‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

Derived from the active participle of قَرَّ‎ (qarra, “to be settled, to be cold”), from the root ق ر ر‎ (q-r-r).

Adjective

قَارّ • (qārr) (feminine قَارَّة‎ (qārra))

  1. quiet, still, at rest
  2. dwelling permanently
  3. cold
  4. comforting the heart
  5. avowing, confessing
Declension

Noun

قَار • (qār) m

  1. alternative form of قِير‎ (qīr)
Declension
Derived terms
See قِير‎ (qīr) for others
Descendants
  • → Amharic: ቃር (ḳar)
  • → Ge'ez: ቃር (ḳar)

Chagatai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kiār (“snow”).

Noun

قَارْ (transliteration needed) (plural قَارْ‌لَارْ‎)

  1. snow

Descendants

Khalaj

Noun

قار (qâar) (definite accusative قارؽ‎, plural قارلار‎)

  1. Arabic spelling of qâar (“snow”)

Declension

Ottoman Turkish

قار

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kār (“snow”); cognate with Old Turkic 𐰴𐰺‎ (kar), Azerbaijani qar, Chuvash йор (jor), Dolgan каар, Kazakh қар (qar), Kyrgyz кар (kar), Turkmen gar, Tuvan хар (xar), Uyghur قار‎ (qar), Uzbek qor and Yakut хаар (qaar).

Noun

قار • (kar)

  1. snow, the frozen state of water that falls as precipitation
    Synonyms: برف‎ (berf), ثلج‎ (selc)

Derived terms

  • قار قوشی‎ (kar kuşu, “snow bunting”)
  • قار چیچكی‎ (kar çiçeği, “false hellebore”)
  • قارجی‎ (karcı, “snow seller”)
  • قارخانه‎ (karhane, “house for storing snow”)

Descendants

Further reading

Uyghur

Other scripts
Perso-Arabic قار‎
Latin ‍qar‍
Cyrillic қар

Etymology

From Chagatai قَارْ‎, from Proto-Turkic *Kiār (“snow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qɑr/

Noun

قار • (qar) (plural قارلار‎ (qarlar))

  1. snow
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