خوري

Arabic

Etymology

From Latin curio (“priest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xuː.rijj/

Noun

خُورِيّ • (ḵūriyy) m (plural خَوَارِنَة (ḵawārina))

1. (Christianity) priest, curate, parson

Declension

Declension of noun خُورِيّ (ḵūriyy)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خُورِي ḵūrī	الْخُورِي al-ḵūrī	خُورِي ḵūrī
nominative	خُورِيٌّ ḵūriyyun	الْخُورِيُّ al-ḵūriyyu	خُورِيُّ ḵūriyyu
accusative	خُورِيًّا ḵūriyyan	الْخُورِيَّ al-ḵūriyya	خُورِيَّ ḵūriyya
genitive	خُورِيٍّ ḵūriyyin	الْخُورِيِّ al-ḵūriyyi	خُورِيِّ ḵūriyyi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خُورِيَّيْن ḵūriyyayn	الْخُورِيَّيْن al-ḵūriyyayn	خُورِيَّيْ ḵūriyyay
nominative	خُورِيَّانِ ḵūriyyāni	الْخُورِيَّانِ al-ḵūriyyāni	خُورِيَّا ḵūriyyā
accusative	خُورِيَّيْنِ ḵūriyyayni	الْخُورِيَّيْنِ al-ḵūriyyayni	خُورِيَّيْ ḵūriyyay
genitive	خُورِيَّيْنِ ḵūriyyayni	الْخُورِيَّيْنِ al-ḵūriyyayni	خُورِيَّيْ ḵūriyyay
plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	خَوَارِنَة ḵawārina	الْخَوَارِنَة al-ḵawārina	خَوَارِنَة ḵawārinat
nominative	خَوَارِنَةٌ ḵawārinatun	الْخَوَارِنَةُ al-ḵawārinatu	خَوَارِنَةُ ḵawārinatu
accusative	خَوَارِنَةً ḵawārinatan	الْخَوَارِنَةَ al-ḵawārinata	خَوَارِنَةَ ḵawārinata
genitive	خَوَارِنَةٍ ḵawārinatin	الْخَوَارِنَةِ al-ḵawārinati	خَوَارِنَةِ ḵawārinati

Proper noun

خُورِيّ • (ḵūriyy) ?

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of noun خُورِيّ (ḵūriyy)

singular	basic singular diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	خُورِي ḵūrī	—
nominative	—	خُورِيُّ ḵūriyyu	—
accusative	—	خُورِيَّ ḵūriyya	—
genitive	—	خُورِيَّ ḵūriyya	—

Statistics

• As of 2016, خوري was the most common surname in Lebanon.

References

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

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Latin curio (priest).

Noun

خُورِي • (ḵūri) m (plural خَوَارنَة (ḵawārne))

1. priest