Quranic root
وقر
w · q · r
The root centers on heaviness or weight: heaviness in hearing, a carried load, and figuratively settled gravity, composure, and reverence.
The semantic range develops from physical heaviness to auditory dullness and burden-bearing, then to calm stability, dignity, and honor. Several derived forms extend the load metaphor to things becoming laden or burdensome.
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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.
وَقَّرَ
waqqara
- Part of speech
- Verb · Form II
- Form
- II
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
To honor, revere, or treat with respectful regard.
In the Quranic construction وَتُوَقِّرُوهُ, referring to treating him with honor and reverence.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 48:9word 5
“and respect him”
وَقَار
waqār
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
Gravity, dignified composure, calmness, and forbearance.
A quality of settled dignity and self-restraint; it is one interpretation of the Quranic expression involving God's وَقَار.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 71:13word 6
“grandeur”
Greatness or majesty.
A Quranic use applied to God, emphasizing divine majesty or grandeur rather than a human disposition.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 71:13word 6
“grandeur”
وَقْر
waqr
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 6 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.
Heaviness or dullness in the ear; deafness or loss of hearing.
A condition of the ear or hearing; the Quranic occurrences describe a disabling auditory heaviness that prevents proper hearing.
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Selected Quran examples
وِقْر
wiqr
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
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 load or weight carried upon the back or head.
A concrete burden or carried load; the lexical evidence does not restrict it to one particular animal or degree of heaviness.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 51:2word 2
“a load”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 6:25وَقْرًۭا ۚdeafness
- 17:46وَقْرًۭا ۚdeafness
- 18:57وَقْرًۭا ۖ(is) deafness
- 31:7وَقْرًۭا ۖ(is) deafness
- 41:5وَقْرٌۭ(is) deafness
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 23 Classical meanings
وَقَرَ
To load or cause to be laden; of a palm, to become laden with fruit.
A Form I usage corresponding to loading or becoming laden, including the cited palm-tree construction.
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وَقَرَ
To settle, remain fixed, or leave a lasting impression in the heart, mind, or ear.
Used of speech, a secret, or an idea becoming fixed and retained.
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وَقَرَ
To sit, or to sit with gravity and composure.
A Form I usage describing sitting or remaining seated with dignity.
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وَقَرَ
To be or become grave, steady, sedate, or calm; to show or strive for such gravity.
A Form I quality or behavior of composed seriousness. One reported interpretation of وَقِرْنَ فِي بُيُوتِكُنَّ takes it in this sense.
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وَقَّرَ
To make still or quiet.
Applied especially to making a beast of carriage remain still.
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وَقَّرَ
To regard or deem someone grave, steady, or sedate.
This is the evaluative sense of holding a person to possess gravity, distinct from treating him with honor.
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أَوْقَرَ
To load an animal or conveyance, especially heavily.
The object may be a camel, beast, mule, or ass, and the load may be described as severe or heavy.
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أَوْقَرَ
To burden someone with debt.
A figurative Form IV construction in which debt is the burden.
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أَوْقَرَ
Of a palm tree, to become laden or abundant with fruit.
An intransitive Form IV use describing a fruit-bearing palm.
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أَوْقَرَ
Of a camel or similar animal, to become laden or overspread with fat.
A bodily condition expressed through the metaphor of being loaded.
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اِسْتَوْقَرَ
To take or receive one's load of grain or other food.
A Form X usage concerning taking possession of a food-load.
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اِسْتَوْقَرَ
Of camels, to become fat or heavy with fatness.
An intransitive Form X usage describing accumulation of bodily fat.
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وَقُور
Grave, staid, sedate, calm, or composed.
An adjective of dignified composure.
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وَقِير
Heavily burdened with debt.
An adjectival description of a person under a heavy debt burden.
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وَاقِر
Steadfast or unshaken in heart.
Used of a heart that does not flutter from fright.
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مُوقَر
Laden or bearing a heavy load.
Applied to people, animals, and ships as well as other load-bearing things.
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مُوقَر
Of a palm tree, laden or heavily laden with fruit.
A participial description of a fruit-abundant palm.
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مَوْقُور
Dull of hearing or deaf; of an ear, affected by auditory heaviness.
A passive-participial description applied both to a person and to the ear.
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مُوَقَّر
Experienced or seasoned.
A lexical description of a person who has acquired experience.
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وَقِير
A large flock of sheep.
A collective noun associated with the flock's size, gravity, and slow movement.
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وَقِيرَة
A hollow or depression in rock.
A rare lexical branch explicitly treated as outside the principal semantic pattern.
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وَقْرَة
A depression or cavity in a bone.
A rare anatomical term.
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وَقِير
A follower or accompanying term associated with الفقير.
The supplied lexical statement preserves this as a distinct rare branch, but does not clarify the precise referent of the expression إتباع الفقير.
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Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The Quranic وَقَار in 71:13 supports both a dignity/composure reading and a greatness or divine-majesty reading; both are retained as distinct senses.
The interpretation of وَقِرْنَ فِي بُيُوتِكُنَّ as 'be grave' is disputed in the supplied evidence; another interpretation derives it from sitting.
The rare وَقِير meaning described as إتباع الفقير is preserved, but its precise lexical referent is unclear in the supplied evidence.
Unassigned or ambiguous evidence
The rare Maqayis statement describing وَقِير as إتباع الفقير has been preserved as a cautious Classical meaning because the exact referent of that expression is not clarified.