Qatar in other languages: قطر (Qaṭar), Doha, flag and municipalities
Qatar is قطر (Qaṭar) in Arabic, officially دولة قطر (Dawlâẗu Qaṭar), and carries the ISO 3166-1 codes QA, QAT and 634. Below are the country in 173 languages, the capital Doha in 61, and the eight municipalities in Arabic with their seats and ISO 3166-2 codes.
Official languagesArabic (العربية, al-ʿarabīyâ)
Checked
- alpha-2
- QA
- alpha-3
- QAT
- numeric
- 634
دولة قطرDawlâẗu Qaṭar
- English
- QatarState of Qatar
- Capital
- الدوحةad-Dawḥâ · Doha
ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026. Flag after the Wikimedia Commons drawing.
Qatar (قطر) in other languages: list of exonyms
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, Aragonese, Asturian, Breton, Catalan, Danish, Finnish, Kven, French, Franco-Provençal, Friulian, Galician, Interlingua, Indonesian, Italian, Javanese, Jersey Norman French, Ladin, Maltese, Dutch, Norwegian, Occitan, Quechua, Romanian, Aromanian, Sicilian, Northern Sami, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish | eng / arg / ast / bre / cat / dan / fin / fkv / fra / frp / fur / glg / ina / ind / ita / jav / jnf / lld / mlt / nld / nor / oci / que / ron / rup / scn / sme / spa / swa / swe | Qatar | same as written |
| Afrikaans, Czech, Cornish, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, Estonian, Basque, Faroese, West Frisian, Haitian Creole, Croatian, Upper Sorbian, Hungarian, Icelandic, Limburgish, Lingala, Novial, Polish, Romansh, Slovak, Slovenian, Saterland Frisian, Silesian, Turkish, Võro, German, Luxembourgish, Low German | afr / ces / cor / csb / dsb / est / eus / fao / fry / hat / hrv / hsb / hun / isl / lim / lin / nov / pol / roh / slk / slv / stq / szl / tur / vor / deu / ltz / nds | Katar | same as written |
| Bambara, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Albanian | bam / kin / run / sqi | Katari | same as written |
| Gagauz, Karakalpak, Slovio, Turkmen | gag / kaa / slo / tuk | Katar / Катар | Katar |
| Nahuatl, Norman French, Walloon, Irish | nah / nrm / wln / gle | Catar | same as written |
| Latvian, Malagasy | lav / mlg | Katara | same as written |
| Samoan, Tongan | smo / ton | Kuata | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Qatar / Гатар | Qatar |
| Bosnian | bos | Katar / Катар / قاتار | Katar |
| Crimean Tatar | crh | Qatar / Къатар | Qatar |
| Welsh | cym | Cwatar | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Kataro | same as written |
| Scottish Gaelic | gla | Catar, Cuatàr | same as written |
| Manx | glv | Yn Chatar | same as written |
| Hawaiian | haw | Katala | same as written |
| Igbo | ibo | Kata | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish, Zazaki | kur / zza | Qeter | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Kataria, Quataria, Cataria | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Kataras | same as written |
| Latgalian, Samogitian | ltg / smg | Katars | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Qatar / Катар | Qatar |
| Malay | msa | Qatar / قطر | Qatar |
| Portuguese | por | Qatar, Catar | same as written |
| Kalderash Romani | rmy | Katar / कातार | Katar |
| Somali | som | Qadar | same as written |
| Sardinian | srd | Qatàr | same as written |
| Tetum | tet | Katár | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Qatar / Қатар / قەتەر | Qatar |
| Vietnamese | vie | Ca-ta | same as written |
| Volapük | vol | Katareän | same as written |
| Wolof | wol | Kataar | same as written |
| Abkhaz, Abaza, Altai, Bulgarian, Chuvash, Kabardian, Khakas, Komi, Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk, Meadow Mari, Macedonian, Mongolian, Ossetian, Rusyn, Russian, Yakut, Tuvan, Udmurt, Ukrainian, Kalmyk | abk / abq / alt / bul / chv / kbd / kjh / kom / krc / kum / mhr / mkd / mon / oss / rue / rus / sah / tyv / udm / ukr / xal | Катар | Katar |
| Bashkir, Chechen, Belarusian, Serbian | bak / che / bel / srp | Катар / Katar | Katar |
| Avar | ava | Къатӏар | Q̇aṭar |
| Kazakh | kaz | Катар / كاتار / Katar, Қатар / قاتار / Qatar | Katar, Qatar |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Катар / كاتار / Katar | Katar |
| Kurdish (Caucasus) | kmr | Ԛәтәр / Qeter, Катар / Katar | Qeter, Katar |
| Lezgi | lez | Къатар | Q̄atar |
| Tatar | tat | Катар / Qatar / قاتار | Qatar |
| Tajik | tgk | Қатар / قطر / Qatar | Qatar |
| Arabic, Western Punjabi, Dari, Pashto, Urdu | ara / pnb / prs / pus / urd | قطر | Qaṭar |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | قاطار / Qatar | Qatar |
| Sorani Kurdish | ckb | قەتەر / Qeter | Qeter |
| Persian | fas | قطر / Qatar | Qatar |
| Uyghur | uig | قاتار / Qatar / Қатар | Qatar |
| Dhivehi | div | ގަތަރު | Gataru |
| Syriac | syr | ܩܜܪ | Qaṭar |
| Hebrew | heb | קטר, קטאר, קאטאר | Qaṭar, Qaṭār, Qāṭār |
| Ladino | lad | קאטאר / Katar | Katar |
| Yiddish | yid | קאַטאַר | Katar |
| Berber | ber | ⵇⴰⵟⴰⵔ / Qaṭar | Qaṭar |
| Kabyle | kab | ⵇⴰⵟⴻⵔ / Qaṭer | Qaṭer |
| Amharic | amh | ካታር | Katar |
| Greek | ell | Κατάρ | Katár |
| Armenian | hye | Կատար, Քատար, Քաթար | Katar, K̕atar, K̕at̕ar |
| Georgian, Mingrelian | kat / xmf | კატარი, ყატარი | Katari, Qatari |
| Laz | lzz | კატარი / K’at’ari | K’at’ari |
| Hindi | hin | कतर, कटर, कतार, क़तर | Katar, Kaṭar, Katār, Qatar |
| Nepali | nep | कतार | Katār |
| Bengali | ben | কাতার | Kātār |
| Gujarati | guj | કટાર | Kaṭār |
| Odia | ori | କାତାର | Kātār |
| Punjabi | pan | ਕਤਰ | Katar |
| Sinhala | sin | කාටාර් | Kāṭār |
| Kannada | kan | ಕಟಾರ್ | Kaṭār |
| Malayalam | mal | ഖത്തർ | Kʰattar |
| Tamil | tam | கட்டார், கதார் | Kaṭṭār, Katār |
| Telugu | tel | కతర్, కటార్ | Katar, Kaṭār |
| Chinese | zho | 卡塔爾/卡塔尔 | Kǎtǎ'ěr |
| Japanese | jpn | カタル, カタール | Kataru, Katāru |
| Korean | kor | 카타르 | Katareu |
| Tibetan | bod | ཁ་ཏར། | Kʰa.tar |
| Dzongkha | dzo | ཀ་ཏར། | Ka.tar |
| Burmese | mya | ကာတာ | Kata |
| Thai | tha | กาตาร์ | Kātā[r] |
| Khmer | khm | កាតារ, កាតា | Kātār, Kātā |
Hebrew keeps three spellings side by side, and Latin has three of its own: Kataria, Quataria and Cataria.
Qatar or Katar: the letter Qāf abroad
In Arabic the country is قطر, Qaṭar, and the state is دولة قطر (Dawlâẗu Qaṭar), the State of Qatar. The adjective is القطري (al-qaṭarī), the currency the riyal of 100 dirhams.
Spellings abroad split on the first consonant. English, French, Italian and many others keep the Q of the Arabic Qāf, while Czech, Polish, Turkish and most Cyrillic alphabets write Katar; Azerbaijani has Гатар in Cyrillic, Avar Къатӏар and Lezgian Къатар. Irish, Walloon and Nahuatl write Catar, Welsh Cwatar, Samoan and Tongan Kuata. Malayalam renders the name ഖത്തർ (Kʰattar), with a doubled t.
Doha changes less. Russian, Bulgarian and Mongolian write Доха (Doȟa), Polish and Slovak drop the h for Dauha and Dauhá, and Persian and Pashto write دوحه.
Doha (الدوحة) in other languages
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, French, Latvian, Lithuanian, German, Luxembourgish, Low German, Irish | eng / fra / lav / lit / deu / ltz / nds / gle | Doha | same as written |
| Moldovan, Turkmen | mol / tuk | Doha / Доха | Doha |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Doha / Доһа | Doha |
| Bosnian | bos | Doha / Доха / دۉحا | Doha |
| Czech | ces | Dohá | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Dohao | same as written |
| Icelandic | isl | Dóha | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Dewḧe | same as written |
| Malay | msa | Doha / دوها | Doha |
| Polish | pol | Dauha | same as written |
| Slovak | slk | Dauhá | same as written |
| Samogitian | smg | Duoha | same as written |
| Somali | som | Dowxa | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Doha / Доҳа / داھە | Doha |
| Volapük | vol | Däuha | same as written |
| Bulgarian, Mongolian, Russian, Ukrainian | bul / mon / rus / ukr | Доха | Doȟa |
| Bashkir | bak | Доха / Doxa | Doxa |
| Belarusian | bel | Доха / Docha | Docha |
| Chuvash | chv | Дохӑ | Doȟă |
| Kazakh | kaz | Доха / دوحا / Doxa | Doxa |
| Kabardian | kbd | Дохэ | Doȟă |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Доха / دوحا / Doha | Doha |
| Ossetian | oss | Дохӕ | Doȟä |
| Yakut | sah | Доһа | Doha |
| Serbian | srp | Доха / Doha | Doha |
| Tatar | tat | Доха / Doxa / دوخا | Doxa |
| Tajik | tgk | Доҳа / داحه / Doha | Doha |
| Arabic | ara | الدوحة | ad-Dawḥâ |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | دوحا / Doha | Doha |
| Persian | fas | دوحه / Dowhe | Dowhe |
| Pashto | pus | دوحه | Dauḥâ |
| Uyghur | uig | دوھە / Dohe / Доһә | Dohe |
| Urdu | urd | دوحہ | Dôḥâ |
| Syriac | syr | ܕܘܚܐ | Dōḥā |
| Hebrew | heb | דוחה | Dōḥah |
| Yiddish | yid | דאָכאַ | Doḫa |
| Amharic | amh | ዶሃ | Doha |
| Greek | ell | Ντόχα | Ntóȟa |
| Armenian | hye | Դոհա | Doha |
| Georgian | kat | დოჰა | Doha |
| Hindi | hin | दोहा | Dohā |
| Bengali | ben | দোহা | Dohā |
| Kannada | kan | ದೊಹ | Doha |
| Malayalam | mal | ദോഹ | Dōha |
| Tamil | tam | தோஹா, டோஹா | Tōhā, Ṭōhā |
| Chinese | zho | 多哈 | Duōhǎ |
| Japanese | jpn | ドーハ | Dōha |
| Korean | kor | 도하 | Doha |
| Thai | tha | โดฮา | Dōhā |
| Khmer | khm | ដុហា, ឌូអា | Duhā, Dū'ā |
The 8 municipalities of Qatar (بلديات) in Arabic
Qatar is divided into municipalities, baladīyāt in Arabic. Each row gives the Arabic name with its romanisation, the English short form and the seat; ISO 3166-2 lists eight since 2017.
| ISO 3166-2 | Arabic | English | Administrative centre | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipalities بلديات baladīyāt8 | ||||
| QA-DA | بلدية الدوحةBaladīyâẗu d-Dawḥâ | Doha | الدوحةad-Dawḥâ | |
| QA-KH | بلدية الخورBaladīyâẗu l-Ḫawr | Al Khor | الخورal-Ḫawr | 2011 ISO name: Al Khawr wa adh Dhakhīrah (الخور والذخيرة) |
| QA-WA | بلدية الوكرةBaladīyâẗu l-Wakrâ | Al Wakrah | الوكرةal-Wakrâ | |
| QA-RA | بلدية الريانBaladīyâẗu r-Rayyān | Al Rayyan | الريانar-Rayyān | |
| QA-MS | بلدية الشمالBaladīyâẗu š-Šimāl | Al Shamal | الرويسar-Ruways | |
| QA-SH | الشحانيةaš-Šaḥānīyâ | Al Shahaniya | 2017 Added by ISO on 23 November 2017 | |
| QA-ZA | بلدية الظعاينBaladīyâẗu ẓ-Ẓaʿāyan | Al Daayen | الظعاينaẓ-Ẓaʿāyan | |
| QA-US | بلدية أم صلالBaladīyâẗu Ummi Ṣalāl | Umm Salal | أم صلالUmmu Ṣalāl | |
Codes: ISO 3166-2:QA, as tabulated in Wikipedia’s ISO 3166-2:QA, checked 28 October 2026; QA-SH was added on 23 November 2017, and in Newsletter II-3 of 13 December 2011 ISO dropped Al Ghuwayrīyah, Al Jumaylīyah and Jarīyān al Bāţnah. Arabic names and seats: the 2016 edition of this list; Al Shahaniya has no seat in it.
From ten municipalities to eight
The municipal map has changed twice since ISO first coded it. In December 2011 ISO removed Al Ghuwayrīyah, Al Jumaylīyah and Jarīyān al Bāţnah from its list and added Az̧ Z̧a‘āyin (Al Daayen). In November 2017 Al Shahaniya, الشحانية, followed as the eighth.
ISO writes the northern municipality of Al Khor as Al Khawr wa adh Dhakhīrah, after its two towns. Al Shamal, the north, is the one municipality named after a direction; its seat is ar-Ruways.
Questions about the names of Qatar
How is Qatar written in Arabic?
قطر, romanised Qaṭar; the official name is دولة قطر (Dawlâẗu Qaṭar), State of Qatar.
Why do some languages write Katar?
They have no separate letter for the Arabic Qāf and use K, as Czech, Polish, Turkish and Russian (Катар) do.
How many municipalities does Qatar have?
Eight in ISO 3166-2:QA since November 2017, when Al Shahaniya (QA-SH) was added to the seven of the 2011 list.