# قصر
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

* Root
* ق ص ر (q ṣ r)
* 9 terms

#### Verb

قَصُرَ • (qaṣura) I (non-past يَقْصُرُ (yaqṣuru), verbal noun قَصْر (qaṣr) or قِصَر (qiṣar) or قَصَارَة (qaṣāra))
* to be or become short, to shorten
* to be inadequate

##### Conjugation
#### Verb

قَصَرَ • (qaṣara) I (non-past يَقْصُرُ (yaqṣuru), verbal noun قُصُور (quṣūr))
* to fall short of, to miss [with عَن (ʕan)]
* to unable, to be incapable of [with عَن (ʕan)]
* to desist, to refrain, to abstain [with عَن (ʕan)]

##### Conjugation
#### Verb

قَصَرَ • (qaṣara) I (non-past يَقْصُرُ (yaqṣuru) or يَقْصِرُ (yaqṣiru), verbal noun قَصْر (qaṣr))
* to shorten, to curtail, to pare

##### Conjugation
#### Verb

قَصَرَ • (qaṣara) I (non-past يَقْصُرُ (yaqṣuru), verbal noun قَصْر (qaṣr))
* to detain, to lock up, to pen up, to put in jail
* to hold back, to keep or restrict (within certain limits), to restrain
* to confine to, to limit to, to restrict to

##### Conjugation
#### Verb

قَصَّرَ • (qaṣṣara) II (non-past يُقَصِّرُ (yuqaṣṣiru), verbal noun تَقْصِير (taqṣīr))
* (transitive) to shorten; to abbreviate
** (transitive) to clip (hair)
* to fall short, to shirk one's responsibilities, to not pull one's weight
* to lag behind, to be slothful
* to fail in strength
* to subside
* to come short

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Aramaic קַצְרָא (qaṣrā), from Latin castrum. Cognate to Classical Syriac ܩܰܨܪܳܐ (qaṣrā), Hebrew קְצָרָה (qəṣārâ), Byzantine Greek κάστρον (kástron).

#### Noun

قَصْر • (qaṣr) m (plural قُصُور (quṣūr))
* large stone building from which power is projected, castle, palace

##### Descendants

* Hijazi Arabic: قصر (gaṣur)
* Moroccan Arabic: قصر (qṣar)
** → English: ksar
** → French: ksar
* → Italian: cassero, cassaro
* → Old Catalan: alcacer
** Catalan: alcàsser
* → Old Galician-Portuguese: alcaçar, alcaçer
** Galician: alcácer
** Portuguese: alcácer
* → Old Spanish: alcaçar, alcacer
** Spanish: alcázar (see there for further descendants)
* → Persian: قصر (qasr)
** Tajik: қаср (qasr)
** → Ottoman Turkish: قصر
*** Turkish: kasır
** → Uzbek: qasr
* → Sicilian: càssaru
* → Swahili: kasri
* → Uyghur: قەسىر (qesir)

### Etymology 3

Back-formed from قَصَّار (qaṣṣār, “walker, fuller”).

#### Verb

قَصَرَ • (qaṣara) I (non-past يَقْصُرُ (yaqṣuru), verbal noun قَصْر (qaṣr) or قِصَارَة (qiṣāra))
* to wash, to scour, to full, to walk

##### Conjugation
#### Verb

قَصَّرَ • (qaṣṣara) II (non-past يُقَصِّرُ (yuqaṣṣiru), verbal noun تَقْصِير (taqṣīr))
* to wash, to scour, to full, to walk

##### Conjugation
### References

* Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 234
* Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis‎ (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 14
* Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 258–259
* Freytag, Georg (1835) “قصر”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 452
* Guidi, Ignazio (1879) Della sede primitiva dei popoli semitici (in Italian), Rome: Tipi del Salviucci, page 16
* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “قصر”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, pages 839–840
* Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قصر”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 1030–1031

## Hijazi Arabic

* Root
* ق ص ر
* 3 terms

### Etymology 1

From Arabic قَصَّرَ (qaṣṣara).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡasˤ.sˤar/

#### Verb

قصر • (gaṣṣar) II (non-past يقصر (yigaṣṣir))
* to shorten
* to fall short of
* to lag behind

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Arabic قَصْر (qaṣr).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡa.sˤur/

#### Noun

قصر • (gaṣur) m (construct state قَصْر (gaṣr), plural قصور (guṣūr))
* palace
    في أيّة قصُر؟ في قصْر الحمراfi ayyat gaṣur? fi gaṣr-alḥamrain which palace? in Alhambra palace

### Etymology 3

From Arabic قُصْر (quṣr).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡu.sˤur/

#### Noun

قصر • (guṣur) m (construct state قُصْر (guṣr))
* shortness