Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of الْقَاهِرَة (al-qāhira, Cairo) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Adjective edit

قَاهِرِيّ (qāhiriyy) (feminine قَاهِرِيَّة (qāhiriyya), masculine plural قَاهِرِيُّونَ (qāhiriyyūna), feminine plural قَاهِرِيَّات (qāhiriyyāt))

  1. Cairene

Declension edit

Noun edit

قَاهِرِيّ (qāhiriyym, plural قَاهِرِيُّون (qāhiriyyūn), feminine قَاهِرِيَّة (qāhiriyya)

  1. Cairene

Declension edit

References edit

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “قاهري”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN