# قرار
## Arabic

* Root
* ق ر ر (q r r)
* 19 terms

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qa.raːr/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

قَرَار • (qarār) m (plural قَرَارَات (qarārāt))
* verbal noun of قَرَّ (qarra, “to be established, settled”) (form I)
* decision
* fixed residence, domicile
    Synonyms: بَيْت (bayt), سَكَن (sakan), مَسْكَن (maskan)
* secure dwelling
    Synonym: مَقَر (maqar)
* stability
    Synonym: اِسْتِقْرَار (istiqrār)
* steadiness
* perseverance
* rest, quietude
* patience
* assurance, promise, agreement
* security
* truth
* consent
* deepest spot, bottom, low plain
** Souad al-Sabah
    يَا لَهُمْ، وَاللُّؤْلُؤُ الْمَكْنُونُ فِي جَوْفِ الْبِحَارِ / لَمْ يَزَلْ يَسْأَلُ عَنْهُمْ كُلَّ لَيْلٍ وَنَهَارِ لَمْ يَزَلْ فِي شُعَبِ الْمَرْجَانِ حَيًّا وَدَفِينًا / فِي قَرَارٍ لَمْ تَطَأْهُ قَدَمٌ مُنْذُ سِنِينَyā lahum, walluʔluʔ al-maknūnu fī jawfi l-biḥār / lam yazal yasʔalu ʕanhum kulla laylin wanahār lam yazal fī šuʕabi l-marjāni ḥayyan wadafīn / fī qarārin lam taṭaʔhu qadamun munḏu sinīnTo them, and the pearls located in the depths of the seas / still asking for them every night and day Still in the reefs alive and buried / in a place no foot had touched for years
* pool

#### Descendants

* → Gulf Arabic: قرار (qarār) (learned)
* → Azerbaijani: qərar
* → Bashkir: ҡарар (qarar)
* → Kazakh: қарар (qarar)
* → Ottoman Turkish: قرار (karar)
** Turkish: karar
** → Armenian: խարար (xarar), ղարար (ġarar), կարար (karar)
** → Ladino: karar
* → Persian: قرار (qarâr)
** → Bengali: করার (korar)
** → Chagatai: قرار (qarār)
*** Uyghur: قارار (qarar)
*** Uzbek: qaror
** → Hindustani:
    Hindi: क़रार (qarār)
    Urdu: قَرار (qarār)
** → Punjabi: ਕਰਾਰ (karār)

#### References

* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “قرار”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

## Hijazi Arabic

* Root
* ق ر ر
* 2 terms

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic قَرَار (qarār).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡa.raːr/, [qa.raːr]

### Noun

قرار • (garār) m (plural قرارات (garārāt))
* decision

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

From Arabic قَرَار (qarār).

### Noun

قرار • (karar)
* decision, resolution
* (law) decree
* (music) pause

#### Descendants

* Turkish: karar
* → Armenian: խարար (xarar), ղարար (ġarar), կարար (karar)
* → Ladino: karar

### References

* Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “karâr”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 587
* Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَرَار (qarār).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [qa.ˈɾɑːɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [qä.ɾɑ́ːɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [qä.ɾɑ́ːɾ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [qä.ɾɑ́ːɾ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [qä.ɾɔ́ːɾ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [qæ.ɹɒ́ːɹ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [qä.ɾɔ́ɾ]

### Noun

| Dari | قرار |
| Iranian Persian | قرار |
| Tajik | қарор |
قرار • (qarâr) (plural قرارات (qarârât))
* arrangement; agreement
* rest; repose; calm
    Synonyms: آرامش (ârâmeš), آسایش (âsâyeš), استراحت (esterâhat)
** c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 2”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]‎:قَرَار و خْوَاب زِ حَافِظ طَمَع مَدَار اَی دوسْت قَرَار چِیسْت؟ صَبُورِی کُدَام و خْوَاب کُجَا؟qarār u xwāb z-i hāfiz tama' madār ay dōst qarār čīst? sabūrī kudām u xwāb kujā?Seek not rest and sleep from Hafez, o friend; What is rest? What is patience, and where is sleep?(romanization in Classical Persian)
* permanence; constance
    Synonyms: دوام (davâm), ثبات (sabât)
* state; situation; condition; position
    Synonyms: حال (hâl), وضع (vaz')
* condition; stipulation
    Synonym: شرط (šart)
* (law) decision; ruling
    Synonym: حکم (hokm)
* rate

#### Derived terms

* قرار بودن (qarâr budan, “to be supposed to”)
* قرار دادن (qarâr dâdan, “to place; to arrange”)
* قرار داشتن (qarâr dâštan, “to have an arrangement”)
* قرار شدن (qarâr šodan, “to be agreed”)
* قرار گذاشتن (qarâr gozâštan, “to make an appointment”)
* قرار گرفتن (qarâr gereftan, “to be located; to settle; to grow calm”)
* برقرار (barqarâr, “established”)
* قرارنامه (qarârnâme)
* قرارگاه (qarârgâh)

#### Descendants

* → Bengali: করার (korar)
* → Chagatai: قرار (qarār)
** Uyghur: قارار (qarar)
** Uzbek: qaror
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: क़रार (qarār)
    Urdu: قَرار (qarār)
* → Punjabi: ਕਰਾਰ (karār)

## South Levantine Arabic

* Root
* ق ر ر
* 2 terms

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic قَرَار (qarār).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qa.raːr/, [qɑˈrˤɑːrˤ]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

### Noun

قرار • (qarār) m (plural قرارات (qarārāt))
* decision

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قرار (qarār), from Arabic قَرَار (qarār).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /qə.ɾɑːɾ/
* Rhymes: -ɑːɾ

### Noun

قَرار • (qarār) m (Hindi spelling क़रार)
* peace, tranquility, rest, calm
    Synonyms: اَمْن (amn), سُکُون (sukūn), شانْتی (śāntī), آرام (ārām)
* conclusion, confirmation
* decision, promise, agreement

### References

* “قرار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* “قرار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.