Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مِقْدَارٌ

Root: قدر

Full Definition

مِقْدَارٌ A measure; a thing with which anything is measured; as also قَدَرٌ : a pattern (مِثَالٌ) by which a thing is measured, proportioned, or cut out. (T, art. مثل.)
2 See also قَدْرٌ, in six places.
3 Death. They say إِذَا بَلَغَ العَبْدُ المِقْدَارَ مَاتَ [When man reacheth the term of life, he dieth]. The pl. is مَقَادِيرُ.

def.2 See also قُدْرَةٌ.


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