See also: قارئ and قاری

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of قَارَّة (qārra, continent) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Adjective edit

قَارِّيّ (qārriyy) (feminine قَارِّيَّة (qārriyya), masculine plural قَارِّيُّونَ (qārriyyūna), feminine plural قَارِّيَّات (qārriyyāt))

  1. continental
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of قَار (qār, tar) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Adjective edit

قَارِيّ (qāriyy) (feminine قَارِيَّة (qāriyya), masculine plural قَارِيُّونَ (qāriyyūna), feminine plural قَارِيَّات (qāriyyāt))

  1. tarry, bituminous
Declension edit

Gulf Arabic edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Either borrowed from Hindi गाड़ी (gāṛī)/Urdu گاڑی (gāṛī) or Persian گاری (gâri). Ultimately from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀕𑀟𑁆𑀟 (gaḍḍa), 𑀕𑀟𑁆𑀟𑀻 (gaḍḍī), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀸𑀟𑁆𑀟- (*gāḍḍa-).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Kuwait) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑ.ri/

Noun edit

قاري (gārim (plural قُواري (guwāri))

  1. a bicycle, a bike

Descendants edit

  • Swahili: gari
    • Chichewa: galimoto
    • Kamba: ngali
    • Kikuyu: ngari
    • Maore Comorian: gari
    • Meru: ngari

Pashto edit

 
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic قَارِئ (qāriʔ)

Noun edit

قاري (transliteration needed?

  1. qari

Sindhi edit

 
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic قَارِئ (qāriʔ)

Noun edit

قاري (transliteration needed?

  1. qari