قطار

Root
ق ط ر (q ṭ r)
9 terms

• IPA^(key): /qi.tˤaːr/

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

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

• Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “قطار”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “قطار”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], 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

Root
ق ط ر
3 terms

Learned borrowing from Arabic قِطَار (qiṭār).

• IPA^(key): /ɡi.ˈtˤaːr/, [ɡɪ.ˈtˤaːr]

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

1. (railroad) train

Borrowed from Arabic قِطَار (qiṭār).

Readings
Classical reading?	qitār
Iranian reading?	ğatâr, ğetâr
Tajik reading?	qator

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• [qe.t̪ʰɒ́ːɹ] is an archaic pronunciation.

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^[2]:

     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.

Root
ق ط ر
2 terms

Learned borrowing from Arabic قِطَار (qiṭār).

• IPA^(key): /qi.tˤaːr/, [qɪ.tˤɑːrˤ]

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قطار • (qiṭār) m

1. (formal) train

   Synonym: ترين (trēn)

Borrowed from Arabic قِطَار (qiṭār).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qɪ.t̪ɑːɾ/

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

1. queue, line, row
2. train, railway vehicle

   Synonyms: ریل گاڑی (rel gāṛī), گاڑی (gāṛī)