Common Semitic root:
- Phoenician: Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕 (qrt, “city”) (קַרְתּ);[1]
- Ugaritic: Ugaritic 𐎖𐎗𐎊𐎚 (qryt, “city”) (קרית), Ugaritic קרת (“citadel”);[2]
- Aramaic: Aramaic קַרְתָּא (“city”), Aramaic קִרְיַא (“city”);[3]
- Arabic: Arabic قرية (/קַרְיָה/, “village, city, town”);[4]
- Arabic (Galilea): Arabic قرية (/קַּרַוִי, אִבֶּן-קַּריֶה/, “village”);[5]
- Moabite: Moabite 𐤒𐤓 (qr /קר/, “city”);[6]
- Ancient Egyptian: Egyptian (/qartå/, “city”),[7] Egyptian (/qathre-t/, “small town”);[8] Egyptian (/keri-t/, “abode, habitation”);[9]
- Akkadian: Akkadian 𒋼𒀀 (kārum, “port, haven, harbour”);[10][11][12]
- Sumerian: Sumerian 𒋼𒀀 (kar, “port, haven, harbour”);[13][14][15]
- Hittite: Hittite gurta (/gurta/, “town, citadel, acropolis, fortress”);[16][17]
קִרְיָה • (kiryá) f (plural indefinite קְרָיוֹת, singular construct קִרְיַת־, plural construct קִרְיוֹת־) [pattern: קִטְלָה]
- complex (collection of buildings)
- (literary) city, town
- ^ The Academy of the Hebrew Language, 24/07/2018
- ^ The Academy of the Hebrew Language, 24/07/2018
- ^ קַרְתָּא, קִרְיַא © The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon
- ^ The Academy of the Hebrew Language, 24/07/2018
- ^ חסיב שחאדה, בעיותיה של המילונאות העברית לערבית המדוברת. לשונינו. א (תשרי תשל"ט), p 56
- ^ חיים רבין שפות שמיות. ירושלים מוסד ביאליק תשנ"א - 1991, עמ' 75
- ^ Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, E. A. Wallis Budge, 1920, page 764.
- ^ Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, E. A. Wallis Budge, 1920, page 765.
- ^ Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, E. A. Wallis Budge, 1920, page 796.
- ^ kāru © Association Assyrophile de France
- ^ Karum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- ^ kāru The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary, University of Pennsylvania
- ^ KAR © Association Assyrophile de France
- ^ Karum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- ^ kar (HARBOR) The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary, University of Pennsylvania
- ^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 495
- ^ Hittite Words in Hebrew / Chaim Rabin. Orientalia NOVA SERIES, Vol. 32, No. 2 (1963), pp. 125