قرى

See also: فري, قرئ, قری, قري, and فری

Arabic

Root
ق ر ي (q-r-y)

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Noun

قِرًى • (qiran) m (construct state قِرَى (qirā))

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

Declension

Noun

قُرًى • (quran) pl

  1. plural of قَرْيَة (qarya)

Karakhanid

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *karï (“old”).

Adjective

قَرىِ (qarï̄)

  1. old
    قَرىِ اَرْ ― Qarï̄ er ― Old man

Etymology 2

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

Noun

قَرىِ (qarï̄)

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

References

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

Further reading

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