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قطر

Root: قطر

6 entries for this word

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Entry 1

قطر qaṭara u (qaṭr, قطران qaṭarān) to fall or sow in drops, drip, dribble, trickle II (qaṭr) to let fall or sow in drops, drip, drop, dribble, infuse in drops or driblets (هـ s.th.); to filter, filtrate (هـ s.th.); to refine (هـ s.th.); to distill (هـ s.th.); to line up camels (هـ) in single file and connect them with halters, form a train of camels; to couple (هـ vehicles); to tow, tug (هـ a ship) V to fall or sow in drops, drip, dribble, trickle; to soak, percolate (الى into), trickle (الى in) VI to come in successive groups, to crowd, throng, flock (الى or على to s.o., to a place) X to drip, drop, dribble (هـ s.th.); to distill, extract by distillation (هـ s.th.) 773

Entry 2

قطر qaṭr dripping, dribbling, dribble, trickling, trickle; (call.; n. un. ة) pl. قطار qiṭār drops, driblets; rain; -- sirup

Entry 3

قطر qaṭr pl. قطورات quṭūrāt (eg.) (railroad) train

Entry 4

قطر quṭr pl. اقطار aqṭār region, quarter; district, section; tract of land; zone; country, land; diameter (of a circle); diagonal; caliber, bore (of a tube) │ القطر المصري (miṣrī) Egypt; نصف قطر الدائرة niṣf q. ad-d. radius (of the circle); اربعة اقطار الدنيا arba‘at a. ad-dunyā the four quarters of the world; الروعة التي تأخذني من جميع اقطاري (rau‘a) the rapture which holds me completely enthralled, which pervades my heart through and through

Entry 5

قطر qaṭar2 Qatar (sheikdom in eastern Arabia)

Entry 6

قطر quṭr, quṭur agalloch, aloeswood

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