Where does “قدر” come from?
قدر (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Old Anatolian Turkish قَدَرْ, from Classical Persian قدر, from Arabic قَدْر — value, worth; quantity, amount, size.
Ancestry of “قدر”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Anatolian Turkish | قَدَرْ | — |
| 2 | Classical Persian | قدر | — |
| 3 | Arabic | قَدْر | value, worth; quantity, amount, size |