Where does “kadar” come from?
kadar (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish قدر, from Old Anatolian Turkish قَدَرْ, from Classical Persian قدر, from Arabic قَدْر — value, worth; quantity, amount, size.
kadar (Turkish): extent; quantity
Ancestry of “kadar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | قدر | — |
| 2 | Old Anatolian Turkish | قَدَرْ | — |
| 3 | Classical Persian | قدر | — |
| 4 | Arabic | قَدْر | value, worth; quantity, amount, size |