قرطاس

Arabic

Alternative forms

قَرْطَس‎ (qarṭas) – obsolete

Etymology

From Aramaic קַרְטֵיסָא‎ /‎ ܩܪܛܝܣܐ‎ (qarṭīsā), from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /qir.tˁaːs/, /qur.tˁaːs/

Noun

قِرْطَاس or قُرْطَاس • (qirṭās or qurṭās) m (plural قَرَاطِيس‎ (qarāṭīs))

paper, page
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 6:7:
  
  ‏وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ كِتَابًا فِي قِرْطَاسٍ فَلَمَسُوهُ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ لَقَالَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِنْ هَذَا إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُبِينٌ‎
  wa-law nazzalnā ʿalayka kitāban fī qirṭāsin fa-lamasūhu bi-ʾaydīhim la-qāla ʾallaḏīna kafarū ʾin hāḏā ʾillā siḥrun mubīnun
  And even if we had sent down to you, a written scripture on a page and they touched it with their hands, the disbelievers would say, “This is not but obvious magic.
- 10th century, Al-Mutanabbi
  ‏اَلْخَيْلُ وَٱللَّيْلُ وَٱلْبَيْدَاءُ تَعْرِفُنِي / وَٱلسَّيْفُ وَٱلرُّمْحُ وَٱلْقِرْطَاسُ وَٱلْقَلَمُ‎
  al-ḵaylu wa-l-laylu wa-l-baydāʾu taʿrifunī / wa-s-sayfu wa-r-rumḥu wa-l-qirṭāsu wa-l-qalamu
  (please add an English translation of this quote)
book, scroll, parchment
papyrus

Declension

Declension of noun قِرْطَاس (qirṭās)‎; قُرْطَاس (qurṭās)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِرْطَاس‎; قُرْطَاس qirṭās‎; qurṭās	الْقِرْطَاس‎‎; الْقُرْطَاس‎ al-qirṭās‎; al-qurṭās	قِرْطَاس‎; قُرْطَاس qirṭās‎; qurṭās
Nominative	قِرْطَاسٌ‎; قُرْطَاسٌ qirṭāsun‎; qurṭāsun	الْقِرْطَاسُ‎‎; الْقُرْطَاسُ‎ al-qirṭāsu‎; al-qurṭāsu	قِرْطَاسُ‎; قُرْطَاسُ qirṭāsu‎; qurṭāsu
Accusative	قِرْطَاسًا‎‎; قُرْطَاسًا‎ qirṭāsan‎; qurṭāsan	الْقِرْطَاسَ‎‎; الْقُرْطَاسَ‎ al-qirṭāsa‎; al-qurṭāsa	قِرْطَاسَ‎; قُرْطَاسَ qirṭāsa‎; qurṭāsa
Genitive	قِرْطَاسٍ‎; قُرْطَاسٍ qirṭāsin‎; qurṭāsin	الْقِرْطَاسِ‎‎; الْقُرْطَاسِ‎ al-qirṭāsi‎; al-qurṭāsi	قِرْطَاسِ‎; قُرْطَاسِ qirṭāsi‎; qurṭāsi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِرْطَاسَيْن‎‎; قُرْطَاسَيْن‎ qirṭāsayn‎; qurṭāsayn	الْقِرْطَاسَيْن‎‎; الْقُرْطَاسَيْن‎ al-qirṭāsayn‎; al-qurṭāsayn	قِرْطَاسَيْ‎‎; قُرْطَاسَيْ‎ qirṭāsay‎; qurṭāsay
Nominative	قِرْطَاسَانِ‎‎; قُرْطَاسَانِ‎ qirṭāsāni‎; qurṭāsāni	الْقِرْطَاسَانِ‎‎; الْقُرْطَاسَانِ‎ al-qirṭāsāni‎; al-qurṭāsāni	قِرْطَاسَا‎‎; قُرْطَاسَا‎ qirṭāsā‎; qurṭāsā
Accusative	قِرْطَاسَيْنِ‎‎; قُرْطَاسَيْنِ‎ qirṭāsayni‎; qurṭāsayni	الْقِرْطَاسَيْنِ‎‎; الْقُرْطَاسَيْنِ‎ al-qirṭāsayni‎; al-qurṭāsayni	قِرْطَاسَيْ‎‎; قُرْطَاسَيْ‎ qirṭāsay‎; qurṭāsay
Genitive	قِرْطَاسَيْنِ‎‎; قُرْطَاسَيْنِ‎ qirṭāsayni‎; qurṭāsayni	الْقِرْطَاسَيْنِ‎‎; الْقُرْطَاسَيْنِ‎ al-qirṭāsayni‎; al-qurṭāsayni	قِرْطَاسَيْ‎‎; قُرْطَاسَيْ‎ qirṭāsay‎; qurṭāsay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَرَاطِيس‎ qarāṭīs	الْقَرَاطِيس‎ al-qarāṭīs	قَرَاطِيس‎ qarāṭīs
Nominative	قَرَاطِيسُ‎ qarāṭīsu	الْقَرَاطِيسُ‎ al-qarāṭīsu	قَرَاطِيسُ‎ qarāṭīsu
Accusative	قَرَاطِيسَ‎ qarāṭīsa	الْقَرَاطِيسَ‎ al-qarāṭīsa	قَرَاطِيسَ‎ qarāṭīsa
Genitive	قَرَاطِيسَ‎ qarāṭīsa	الْقَرَاطِيسِ‎ al-qarāṭīsi	قَرَاطِيسِ‎ qarāṭīsi

Synonyms

وَرَق‎ (waraq)
كَاغِد‎ (kāḡid)

Derived terms

قِرْطَاسِي‎ (qirṭāsī)
قِرْطَاسِيَّة‎ (qirṭāsiyya)

Descendants

Egyptian Arabic: قرطاس‎ (ʾúrṭās)
→ Indonesian: tákàr̃dáa
→ Malagasy: taratàsy
→ Malay: kertas
- Indonesian: kertas
- → Khmer: ក្រដាស (krɑdaah)
→ Portuguese: cartaz
→ Somali: qardaas
→ Spanish: alcatraz, alcartaz
→ Sundanese: ᮊᮨᮁᮒᮞ᮪ (kertas)
→ Swahili: karatasi
→ Thai: กระดาษ (grà-dàat) (uncertain)

References

“qrṭys²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 245
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis‎ (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 17
Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 235–236
Lane, Edward William (1863), “قرطاس”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎ (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 567

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