# قادر
## Arabic
### Etymology

Derived from the active participle of the verb قَدَرَ (qadara).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qaː.dir/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

قَادِر • (qādir) (feminine قَادِرَة (qādira), masculine plural قادِرُونَ (qādirūna), feminine plural قادِرَات (qādirāt), elative أَقْدَر (ʔaqdar))
* powerful
    Synonym: قَدِير (qadīr)
* capable, able
    Synonym: قَدِير (qadīr)
    إن القلب الذي لم يعد قادرًا على الشعور بالرحمة لا يمكن أن يكون وعاءً للخلاص أو وعاءً للإيمان الحقيقي.A heart that is no longer capable of feeling compassion cannot be a vessel of salvation or a vessel of true faith.
    هل تعتقد أن الكتاب المقدس قادر أن يخبرنا عن المستقبل؟Do you think the Bible can tell us about the future?
* efficient, talented

#### Descendants

* → Middle Armenian: ղադիր (ġadir)
* → Ottoman Turkish: قادر (kadir, kadır)
** Turkish: kadir, kâdir (superseded spelling), kadır (Vidin)
** → Albanian: kadër
** → Armenian: խատիր (xatir)
** → Aromanian: cadãr
** → Bulgarian: кадъ́р (kadǎ́r) (archaic); ⇒ кадъ́рен (kadǎ́ren)
** → Macedonian: кадар (kadar)
** → Serbo-Croatian: kádar / ка́дар
* → Classical Persian: قادر (qādir)
** Tajik: қодир (qodir)
** → Hindustani:
    Hindi: क़ादिर (qādir)
    Urdu: قادِر (qādir)
** → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਕਾਦਰ (kādar)
    Shahmukhi script: قادر (qādar)

### Proper noun

القَادِر • (al-qādir) m
* (Islam) one of God's names in Islam, ("the All Able, the Powerful, the Omnipotent")

#### Derived terms

* عبد القادر (ʕabd al-qādir, “a theophoric male given name, Abd al-Qadir”)

#### References

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

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic قَادِر (qādir).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡaː.dir/, [ɡaː.dɪr]

### Adjective

قادر • (gādir) (feminine قادرة (gādra), common plural قادرين (gādrīn))
* capable, able

## Ottoman Turkish
### Alternative forms

* գատիր (kadir), գատըր (kadır)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَادِر (qādir).

### Adjective

قادر • (kadir, kadır) (feminine and plural قادره)
* strong, able, powerful
    Synonym: مقتدر (muktedir)
    قادر اولمق ― kadir olmak ― to be able, can
* omnipotent, almighty (of God)

#### Descendants

* Turkish: kadir, kâdir (superseded spelling), kadır (Vidin)
* → Albanian: kadër
* → Armenian: խատիր (xatir)
* → Aromanian: cadãr
* → Bulgarian: кадъ́р (kadǎ́r) (archaic); ⇒ кадъ́рен (kadǎ́ren)
* → Macedonian: кадар (kadar)
* → Serbo-Croatian: kádar / ка́дар

### References

* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قادر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1409a
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قادر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 923a
* Pōzačean, Yakovbos (1841) “գատըր”, in Hamaṙōt baṙaran i tačkakanē i hay [Concise Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary]‎, Vienna: Mekhitarist Press, page 70a
* Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “قادِر”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1019

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَادِر (qādir).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [qɑː.ˈðiɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [qɑː.d̪ɪ́ɾ]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [qɑː.d̪ɪ́ɾ]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [qɑː.d̪ɪ́ɾ]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [qɔː.d̪íɾ]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [qɒː.d̪éɹ]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [qɔ.d̪íɾ]

### Adjective

قادِر • (qâder) (comparative قادِرتَر (qâder-tar), superlative قادِرتَرین (qâder-tarin))
* able; with the ability to
    قادر بودن ― qâder budan ― to be able to
* powerful; formidable
    Synonym: قدرتمند (qodratmand)
    سلطانِ قادر ― soltân-e qâder ― powerful sultan

#### Derived terms

* قادر کردن (qâder kardan, “to enable”)

#### Descendants

* Tajik: қодир (qodir)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: क़ादिर (qādir)
    Urdu: قادِر (qādir)
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਕਾਦਰ (kādar)
    Shahmukhi script: قادر (qādar)

### Proper noun

قادر • (qâder)
* a male given name from Arabic

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic قَادِر (qādir).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Urban) /ʔaː.dir/, [ˈʔæː.dɪr]
* IPA: (Bedouin) /ɡaː.dir/, [ˈɡæː.dɪr]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

### Participle

قادر • (ʔāder) (feminine قادرة (ʔādre), common plural قادرين (ʔādrīn))
* active participle of قدر (ʔidir, “to be able to”)