قادر

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of قَدَرَ (qadara), from the root ق د ر (q-d-r).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qaː.dir/
  • (file)

Adjective

قَادِر (qādir) (feminine قَادِرَة (qādira), masculine plural قادِرُون (qādirūn), feminine plural قادِرات (qādirāt), elative أَقْدَر (ʔaqdar))

  1. powerful
  2. capable, able (عَلَى (ʕalā) to)
  3. efficient, talented

Declension

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਕਾਦਰ (kādar)
    Shahmukhi script: قادر (qādar)

Proper noun

القَادِر (al-qādir) m

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

References

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

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَادِر (qādir).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /qɔˈdiɾ/

Adjective

قادِر (qâder) (comparative قادِرتَر (qâder-tar), superlative قادِرتَرین (qâder-tarin))

  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)

Proper noun

قادر (qâder)

  1. a male given name from Arabic

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق د ر

Etymology

From Arabic قَادِر (qādir).

Pronunciation

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

Participle

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

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