قرى

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See also: فري, قرئ, قری, قري, and فری

Arabic[edit]

Root
ق ر ي (q-r-y)

Verb[edit]

قَرَى (qarā) I, non-past يَقْرِي‎ (yaqrī)

  1. (transitive) to receive or treat as a guest, to entertain, to feed in hospitality

Conjugation[edit]

Noun[edit]

قِرًى (qiranm (construct state قِرَى (qirā))

  1. verbal noun of قَرَى (qarā) (form I)

Declension[edit]

Noun[edit]

قُرًى (quranpl

  1. plural of قَرْيَة (qarya)

Karakhanid[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *karï (old).

Adjective[edit]

قَرىِ (qarï̄)

  1. old
    قَرىِ اَرْQarï̄ erOld man

Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *karï (forearm). Cognate with قَرِشْ (qarïš, handspan).

Noun[edit]

قَرىِ (qarï̄)

  1. (anatomy) forearm
  2. the cubit with which the linen is measured

References[edit]

  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “karı:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 644-645

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