Root

2 verbs, 2 nouns

ق ت ر

VerbForm Iintransitivegoverned by علىto act miserly, to be stingy

قَتَرَ

Root: ق ت ر

AR

ضَيَّقَ عليهم في النفقة

UR(supplied)

کنجوسی کرنا، تنگی کرنا

EN

To act miserly, to be stingy, niggardly

Quranic witness · shāhid

وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَنفَقُواْ لَمۡ يُسۡرِفُواْ وَلَمۡ يَقۡتُرُواْ وَكَانَ بَيۡنَ ذَٰلِكَ قَوَامٗا

And [they are] those who, when they spend, do so not excessively or sparingly but are ever, between that, [justly] moderate

Qurʾān 25:67
VerbForm IVintransitiveto live in straitened condition, be poor

أَقْتَرَ

Root: ق ت ر

AR

ضَاقَ عَيْشُهُ

UR(supplied)

تنگ دست ہونا، محتاج ہونا

EN

To live in straitened condition, be or become poor (N مُقْتِر: needy)

Quranic witness · shāhid

وَعَلَى ٱلۡمُقۡتِرِ قَدَرُهُۥ مَتَٰعَۢا بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِۖ

There is no blame upon you if you divorce women you have not touched nor specified for them an obligation. But give them [a gift of] compensation - the wealthy according to his capability and the poor according to his capability - a provision according to what is acceptable, a duty upon the doers of good

Qurʾān 2:236
Nounvery niggardly

قَتُور

Root: ق ت ر

AR

بَخيلٌ طَبيعتُهُ البُخل

UR(supplied)

سخت کنجوس

EN

Very niggardly

Quranic witness · shāhid

وَكَانَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ قَتُورٗا

Say [to them], "If you possessed the depositories of the mercy of my Lord, then you would withhold out of fear of spending." And ever has man been stingy

Qurʾān 17:100
Nounblack smoke or dust, darkness

قَتَرَة

Root: ق ت ر

AR

شِبْهُ دُخَانٍ أو غَبارٍ فيه سوادٌ يَغْشى الوجهَ، ظُلمة

UR(supplied)

سیاہ دھواں یا گرد، تاریکی

EN

Black smoke or dust (of calamity), darkness

Quranic witness · shāhid

تَرۡهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ

Blackness will cover them

Qurʾān 80:41