قطار

Arabic
Root
ق ط ر (q-ṭ-r)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /qi.tˤaːr/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

قِطَار • (qiṭār) m (plural قِطَارَات (qiṭārāt) or قُطُر (quṭur))

  1. row
  2. row of camels
  3. (railroad) train

Declension
Declension of noun قِطَار (qiṭār)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal قِطَار
qiṭār		 الْقِطَار
al-qiṭār		 قِطَار
qiṭār
Nominative قِطَارٌ
qiṭārun		 الْقِطَارُ
al-qiṭāru		 قِطَارُ
qiṭāru
Accusative قِطَارًا
qiṭāran		 الْقِطَارَ
al-qiṭāra		 قِطَارَ
qiṭāra
Genitive قِطَارٍ
qiṭārin		 الْقِطَارِ
al-qiṭāri		 قِطَارِ
qiṭāri
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal قِطَارَيْن
qiṭārayn		 الْقِطَارَيْن
al-qiṭārayn		 قِطَارَيْ
qiṭāray
Nominative قِطَارَانِ
qiṭārāni		 الْقِطَارَانِ
al-qiṭārāni		 قِطَارَا
qiṭārā
Accusative قِطَارَيْنِ
qiṭārayni		 الْقِطَارَيْنِ
al-qiṭārayni		 قِطَارَيْ
qiṭāray
Genitive قِطَارَيْنِ
qiṭārayni		 الْقِطَارَيْنِ
al-qiṭārayni		 قِطَارَيْ
qiṭāray
Plural sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal قِطَارَات‎; قُطُر
qiṭārāt‎; quṭur		 الْقِطَارَات‎; الْقُطُر
al-qiṭārāt‎; al-quṭur		 قِطَارَات‎; قُطُر
qiṭārāt‎; quṭur
Nominative قِطَارَاتٌ‎; قُطُرٌ
qiṭārātun‎; quṭurun		 الْقِطَارَاتُ‎; الْقُطُرُ
al-qiṭārātu‎; al-quṭuru		 قِطَارَاتُ‎; قُطُرُ
qiṭārātu‎; quṭuru
Accusative قِطَارَاتٍ‎; قُطُرًا
qiṭārātin‎; quṭuran		 الْقِطَارَاتِ‎; الْقُطُرَ
al-qiṭārāti‎; al-quṭura		 قِطَارَاتِ‎; قُطُرَ
qiṭārāti‎; quṭura
Genitive قِطَارَاتٍ‎; قُطُرٍ
qiṭārātin‎; quṭurin		 الْقِطَارَاتِ‎; الْقُطُرِ
al-qiṭārāti‎; al-quṭuri		 قِطَارَاتِ‎; قُطُرِ
qiṭārāti‎; quṭuri

References
  • Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “قطار”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “قطار”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “قطر”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic
Root
ق ط ر
3 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic قِطَار (qiṭār).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡi.ˈtˤaːr/, [ɡɪ.ˈtˤaːr]

Noun

قِطَار • (giṭār) m (plural قِطارات (giṭārāt))

  1. (railroad) train

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قِطَار (qiṭār).

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)
  • (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [qæ.t̪ʰɒ́ːɹ], [qe.t̪ʰɒ́ːɹ]

Readings
Classical reading? qitār
Iranian reading? ğatâr, ğetâr
Tajik reading? qator
  • [qe.t̪ʰɒ́ːɹ] is an archaic pronunciation.

Noun
Dari قطار
Iranian Persian
Tajik қатор, поезд

قَطار • (qatâr) (plural قطارها (qatâr-hâ))

  1. train (transportation)
    Synonyms: ترن (teran), ریل (reyl)
    ساعت حرکت قطارها ― sâ'at-e herkat-e qatâr-hâ ― train departure times
  2. train, row, file
    Synonyms: صف (saf), ردیف (radif), سلسله (selsele)
    • c. 1911, Mohammad Hossein Âğuli Torki-ye Shirâzi, دیوان ترکی شیرازی‎:
      او به صد ناز می رود تنها
      دل خلق از پیش قطار، قطار
      u be sad nâz mi-ravad tanhâ
      del-e xalq az piš qetâr, qetâr
      He/She comes alone with a hundred coquettries,
      People's hearts are lined up in rows before him/her.

South Levantine Arabic
Root
ق ط ر
2 terms
قطار بقطع جسر بالطريق لسويسرا ― a train crossing a bridge on the way to Switzerland

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic قِطَار (qiṭār).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /qi.tˤaːr/, [qɪ.tˤɑːrˤ]
  • Audio (Amman)(file)

Noun

قطار • (qiṭār) m

  1. (formal) train
    Synonym: ترين (trēn)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قِطَار (qiṭār).

Pronunciation

Noun

قِطار • (qitār) m or f (Hindi spelling क़ितार)

  1. queue, line, row
  2. train, railway vehicle
    Synonyms: ریل گاڑی (rel gāṛī), گاڑی (gāṛī)
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