قصر

“قصر” is an Arabic word. Its 18 meanings in English:

verb

to be or become short, to shorten
to be inadequate
to fall short of, to miss
to unable, to be incapable of
to desist, to refrain, to abstain
to shorten, to curtail, to pare
to detain, to lock up, to pen up, to put in jail
to hold back, to keep or restrict (within certain limits), to restrain
to confine to, to limit to, to restrict to
to shorten; to abbreviate
to clip (hair)
to fall short, to shirk one's responsibilities, to not pull one's weight
to lag behind, to be slothful
to fail in strength
to subside
to come short
to wash, to scour, to full, to walk

noun

large stone building from which power is projected, castle, palace

Etymology

From Aramaic קַצְרָא (qaṣrā), from Latin castrum. Cognate to Classical Syriac ܩܰܨܪܳܐ (qaṣrā), Hebrew קְצָרָה (qəṣārâ), Byzantine Greek κάστρον (kástron).

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