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