Jump to content

وقار

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Arabic

[edit]
Root
و ق ر (w q r)
4 terms

Etymology

[edit]

    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

    [edit]

    Noun

    [edit]

    وَقَار (waqārm (plural وُقُور (wuqūr))

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

    Declension

    [edit]

    Descendants

    [edit]
    • Persian: وقار (vaqâr)

    Persian

    [edit]

    Etymology

    [edit]

      Borrowed from Arabic وَقَار (waqār).

      Pronunciation

      [edit]
       

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

      Noun

      [edit]

      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

      [edit]

      Urdu

      [edit]

      Etymology

      [edit]

        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

        [edit]

        Noun

        [edit]

        وَقار (vaqārm (Hindi spelling वक़ार)

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

        Declension

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

        Proper noun

        [edit]

        وَقار (vaqārm (Hindi spelling वक़ार)

        1. a male given name from Arabic

        References

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

        Further reading

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