Quranic root
وطر
w · ṭ · r
The root centers on a needed or desired object: a want, important need, or objective one seeks to accomplish.
The noun denotes a need or object of desire; in the Quranic construction قَضَى ... وَطَرًا, the need or desired objective has been fulfilled, leaving no further need of it. The supplied root evidence states that no verb is built from this root.
- Maqāyīs · row 5144
- Mufradāt · row 1590
- Lane · entry 45425
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- Quran-attested forms
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- Quran senses
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- Quran occurrences
Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
وَطَر
waṭar
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 2 occurrences
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
A need, desire, or sought objective; a matter one wishes or purposes to accomplish.
In the Quranic expression قَضَى ... وَطَرًا, it refers to the need or desired objective that has been fulfilled, so that no further need of the matter remains.
- Lane · entry 45425
- Mufradāt · row 1590
Selected Quran examples
Quran 33:37word 30
“necessary (formalities)”
Quran 33:37word 44
“necessary (formalities)”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
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Points that affect how this root should be read.
The two Quran occurrences are the same noun in the construction قَضَى ... وَطَرًا; the contextual English gloss does not establish a separate meaning of “formalities.”