كراني
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit करण (karaṇa, “scribe”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
كَرَّانِيّ • (karrāniyy) m
- ship scribe, ship’s clerk, secretary
- 1355, اِبْن بَطُّوطَة [ibn baṭṭūṭa, Ibn Baṭṭūṭa], edited by Charles Defrémery & Beniamino Sanguinetti, تُحْفَةُ ٱلنُّظَّارِ فِي غَرَائِبِ ٱلْأَمْصَارِ وَعَجَائِبِ ٱلْأَسْفَارِ [tuḥfatu n-nuẓẓāri fī ḡarāʔibi l-ʔamṣāri waʕajāʔibi l-ʔasfāri][1], volume IV, Paris: L'imprimerie impériale/nationale, published 1858, page 250:also at Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013) Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, pages 382–383
- اِسْتَدْعَت هٰذِهِ الْمَلِكَةُ ٱلنَاخُوذَة، صَاحِبَ ٱلمَرْكَبِ، / وَٱلكَرَّانِيَّ، وَهُوَ الْكَاتِبُ / وَٱلتُجَّارَ وَٱلرُؤَسَاءَ / وَٱلتِنْدِيلَ وَهُوَ مُقَدَّمُ ٱلْرُجَّالِ / وَسِپَاه سَالَارَ وَهُوَ مُقَدَّمُ ٱلرُمَاةِ / لِضِيَافَةٍ صَنَعَتْهَا لَهُم عَلَى عَادَتِهَا.
- istadʕat hāḏihī l-malikatu n-nāḵūḏa, ṣāḥiba l-markabi, / wa-l-karrāniyya, wa-huwa l-kātibu / wa-t-tujjāra wa-r-ruʔasāʔa / wa-t-tindīla wa-huwa muqaddamu l-rujjāli / wa-sipāh-sālāra wa-huwa muqaddamu r-rumāti / li-ḍiyāfatin ṣanaʕat-hā la-hum ʕalā ʕādati-hā.
- This queen invited the ship-master, the owner of the vessel, and the ship-scribe, that is the writer, the merchants and the heads, the tindal, that is the commandant of the footmen, and the guard-master, that is the commandant of the archers, to a state dinner she organized according to her wont.
Declension edit
Declension of noun كَرَّانِيّ (karrāniyy)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | كَرَّانِي karrānī |
الْكَرَّانِي al-karrānī |
كَرَّانِي karrānī |
| Nominative | كَرَّانِيٌّ karrāniyyun |
الْكَرَّانِيُّ al-karrāniyyu |
كَرَّانِيُّ karrāniyyu |
| Accusative | كَرَّانِيًّا karrāniyyan |
الْكَرَّانِيَّ al-karrāniyya |
كَرَّانِيَّ karrāniyya |
| Genitive | كَرَّانِيٍّ karrāniyyin |
الْكَرَّانِيِّ al-karrāniyyi |
كَرَّانِيِّ karrāniyyi |
Descendants edit
References edit
- Agius, Dionisius A. (2008) Classic Ships of Islam. From Mesopotamia to the Indian Ocean (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 92), Leiden: Brill, page 362