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

Further reading edit