Arabic vocabulary
وَقَارmajesty in Arabic
وَقَار is how you say “majesty” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
Root و ق ر (w-q-r)noun (verbal noun / maṣdar)Pronounced waqār
Meaning of majesty in Arabic
- gravity, staidness, sedateness, calmness — the primary sense given for this word in Lane's
- dignity, majesty — reflects the same root's sense of treating someone with honour and reverence
Waqār is the abstract noun for a settled, dignified calm — the same stillness sense (سَكَنَ) that the root carries when it describes something "resting" in the heart. Lane cites the Qur'an (33:33), وَقِرْنَ فِى بُيُوتِكُنَّ, where a form of the root is used to enjoin gravity and steadiness.
Words from the same root
- وَقَرَto be dull of hearing (of an ear); also, to rest or settle (of a thing in the heart)
- أَوْقَرَto load, or load heavily (a beast of burden; also a palm-tree with fruit)
- وَقَّرَto treat with honour, reverence, or respect
- تَوَقَّرَto comport oneself with gravity, staidness, sedateness
- وِقْرٌa load, or heavy load, carried by a beast
- وَقْرٌheaviness, or dullness, of hearing; deafness
Common questions
- How do you say "majesty" in Arabic?
- وَقَار (waqār).
- What does the Arabic root و ق ر mean?
- It centres on heaviness and stillness — giving words for a load (وِقْر), a heavy or dull ear (وَقْر), and the settled gravity of وَقَار.
Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).
Example sentences
من عظم وقار الله فِي قلبه أَن يعصيه، وقّره الله فِي قُلُوب الْخلق أَن يذلّوه
Whoever holds Allah's reverence so great in his heart that it prevents him from disobeying Him, Allah will place such reverence in the hearts of people that they will not humiliate him.
وَقَارَ — majesty. waqar means 'dignity, reverence'; the object of 'magnified' (object form), heading an 'of…' phrase with the next word.
From: Knowledge, Reverence, Obedience →فتعلوه السكينَة وَالْوَقار فِي قلبه وَلسَانه وجوارحه وسمته
Then tranquility and dignity overshadow his heart, tongue, limbs, and demeanor.
وَالْوَقَارُ — and dignity. 'And' plus 'gravitas / dignity', a second subject in the nominative — a composed steadiness. It pairs with tranquility as what descends.
From: Humility Before the Divine →
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