قَهْقَرَ

, (K, TA,) verbal noun قَهْقَرَةٌ, (TA,) He (a man) returned by the way by which he had come: (TA:) or i. q. رَجَعَ القَهْقَرى, (K,) i. e., [he returned backwards; or] he retired, going backwards, without turning his face towards the direction in which he went; (TA;) as also ↓ تَقَهْقَرَ. (K, TA.) Some hold, [contr. to the general opinion,] that this verb belongs to article قهر. (TA.)