See also: قارئ and قاري

Azerbaijani edit

Noun edit

قاری

  1. Arabic spelling of qari

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (karı, old person), from Proto-Turkic *kạrï.

Noun edit

قاری (karı)

  1. wife
  2. woman
Derived terms edit

References edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Arabic قَارِئ (qāriʔ), active participle of قَرَأَ (qaraʔa, to read).

Noun edit

قاری (kârî) (plural قُرّا (kurrâ))

  1. reader
  2. a professional Qur'an reader
Descendants edit
  • Turkish: kari

References edit

Persian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic قَارِئ (qāriʔ).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? qārī
Dari reading? qārī
Iranian reading? ğâri
Tajik reading? qori

Noun edit

Dari قاری
Iranian Persian
Tajik қорӣ

قاری (qâri) (plural قُرّا (qorrâ))

  1. reader
  2. reciter of the Quran

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian قاری (qārī), from Arabic قَارِئ (qāriʔ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

قاری (qārīm (Hindi spelling क़ारी)

  1. (Islam) qari, one who recites the Quran

Adjective edit

قاری (qārī) (Hindi spelling क़ारी)

  1. reader

References edit

  • قاری”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • قاری”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.