Meanings
proper noun
alternative archaic rare Katar · alternative rare Qaṭar
- A country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: State of Qatar. Capital: Doha.
Officials in Qatar have said that companies building World Cup stadiums will be held to higher standards of worker treatment, and proposed changes to the kafala system are undergoing legislative review.
2015 July 15, Barry Meier, “Labor Scrutiny for FIFA as a World Cup Rises in the Desert”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 19 Jul 2015
Origin
Transliteration of Arabic قَطَر (qaṭar).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Katar
- Katarcountry in West Asia
Arabic قَطَر
- قَطَر (qaṭar)country in West Asia
Bengali কাতার
- কাতার (katar)country in West Asia
Bulgarian Ката́р
- Ката́р (Katár)country in West Asia
Catalan Qatar
- Qatarcountry in West Asia
Chinese Mandarin 卡塔爾 /卡塔尔
- 卡塔爾 /卡塔尔 (Kǎtǎ'ěr)country in West Asia
Czech Katar
- Katarcountry in West Asia
Danish Qatar
- Qatarcountry in West Asia
Dutch Qatar
- Qatarcountry in West Asia
Esperanto Kataro
- Katarocountry in West Asia
Estonian Katar
- Katarcountry in West Asia
Finnish Qatar
- Qatarcountry in West Asia
French Qatar, Katar
- Qatarcountry in West Asia
- Katarcountry in West Asia
German Katar
- Katarcountry in West Asia
Greek Κατάρ
- Κατάρ (Katár)country in West Asia
Hawaiian Katala
- Katalacountry in West Asia
Hebrew קַטַר, קָטָר
- קַטַר (katar)country in West Asia
- קָטָר (katar)country in West Asia
Hindi क़तर
- क़तर (qatar)country in West Asia
Hungarian Katar
- Katarcountry in West Asia
Icelandic Katar
- Katarcountry in West Asia
Indonesian Qatar
- Qatarcountry in West Asia
Irish Catar
- Catarcountry in West Asia
Italian Qatar
- Qatarcountry in West Asia
Japanese カタール
- カタール (Katāru)country in West Asia
Korean 카타르, 까타르
- 카타르 (Katareu)country in West Asia
- 까타르 (Kkatareu)country in West Asia
Latin Quataria
- Quatariacountry in West Asia
Latvian Katara
- Kataracountry in West Asia
Lithuanian Kataras
- Katarascountry in West Asia
Malay Qatar
- Qatarcountry in West Asia
Māori Katā
- Katācountry in West Asia
Norwegian Bokmål Qatar
- Qatarcountry in West Asia
Polish Katar
- Katarcountry in West Asia
Portuguese Catar
- Catarcountry in West Asia
Romanian Qatar
- Qatarcountry in West Asia
Russian Ка́тар, Ката́р
- Ка́тар (Kátar)country in West Asia
- Ката́р (Katár)country in West Asia
Slovak Katar
- Katarcountry in West Asia
Spanish Catar
- Catarcountry in West Asia
Swahili Qatar
- Qatarcountry in West Asia
Swedish Qatar
- Qatarcountry in West Asia
Tagalog Katar, Qatar
- Katarcountry in West Asia
- Qatarcountry in West Asia
Tamil கத்தார்
- கத்தார் (kattār)country in West Asia
Thai กาตาร์
- กาตาร์ (gaa-dtâa)country in West Asia
Turkish Katar
- Katarcountry in West Asia
Ukrainian Ка́тар, Ката́р
- Ка́тар (Kátar)country in West Asia
- Ката́р (Katár)country in West Asia
Urdu قَطَر
- قَطَر (qatar)country in West Asia
Vietnamese Ca-ta
- Ca-tacountry in West Asia
Yiddish קאַטאַר
- קאַטאַר (katar)country in West Asia
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Qatar
All rhymes →Sounds the same
Cite this entry
APA
Qatar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Qatar
MLA
“Qatar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Qatar. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Qatar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Qatar.
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