قرية

See also: قریه

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ق ر ي (q-r-y)

قَرْيَة

Related to ق ر ر (q-r-r). Perhaps from Proto-Afroasiatic. Immediate cognates are Hebrew קִרְיָה (qiryā́, “complex, city”) and Hebrew קֶרֶת (qerêt, “city, settlement”), Classical Syriac ܩܪܝܬܐ (qərīṯā, “town, village”), Ugaritic 𐎖𐎗𐎚 (qrt), 𐎖𐎗𐎊𐎚 (qryt, “city, town”), Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕 (qrt), 𐤒𐤀𐤓𐤕 (qʾrt, “city”), Moabite 𐤒𐤓 (qr, “wall, city”). Further relations include Kabyle iɣṛem (“city”), Oromo goorroo (“wall”), Somali guri (“dwelling, house”), Hausa gari (“town”), Kanuri gàrú (“town wall”) and Lagwan gaura (“shed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qar.ja/

• Audio

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Noun

قَرْيَة • (qarya) f (plural قُرًى (quran)) (countable)

1. any populated area or the community thereof

   Synonym: مِصْر (miṣr, “a populated locality”)

2. an urban area or community (such as a town or a city)
3. (modern) a rural area or community (such as a village), a hamlet

   هٰؤُلَاءِ الْفَلَّاحُونَ هُم مِنْ تِلْكَ الْقَرْيَةِ الْمِصْرِيَّةِ الْكَبِيرَةِ.

   hāʔulāʔi l-fallāḥūna hum min tilka l-qaryati l-miṣriyyati l-kabīrati.

   These farmers are from that big Egyptian village.

Declension

Declension of noun قَرْيَة (qarya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَرْيَة qarya	الْقَرْيَة al-qarya	قَرْيَة qaryat
Nominative	قَرْيَةٌ qaryatun	الْقَرْيَةُ al-qaryatu	قَرْيَةُ qaryatu
Accusative	قَرْيَةً qaryatan	الْقَرْيَةَ al-qaryata	قَرْيَةَ qaryata
Genitive	قَرْيَةٍ qaryatin	الْقَرْيَةِ al-qaryati	قَرْيَةِ qaryati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَرْيَتَيْن qaryatayn	الْقَرْيَتَيْن al-qaryatayn	قَرْيَتَيْ qaryatay
Nominative	قَرْيَتَانِ qaryatāni	الْقَرْيَتَانِ al-qaryatāni	قَرْيَتَا qaryatā
Accusative	قَرْيَتَيْنِ qaryatayni	الْقَرْيَتَيْنِ al-qaryatayni	قَرْيَتَيْ qaryatay
Genitive	قَرْيَتَيْنِ qaryatayni	الْقَرْيَتَيْنِ al-qaryatayni	قَرْيَتَيْ qaryatay
Plural	broken plural in ـًى (-an)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُرَى qurā	الْقُرَى al-qurā	قُرَى qurā
Nominative	قُرًى quran	الْقُرَى al-qurā	قُرَى qurā
Accusative	قُرًى quran	الْقُرَى al-qurā	قُرَى qurā
Genitive	قُرًى quran	الْقُرَى al-qurā	قُرَى qurā

Derived terms

• اَلْقَرْيَتَان (al-qaryatān)
• أُمّ الْقُرَى (ʔumm al-qurā)

Related terms

• قَرَوِيّ (qarawiyy)
• قُرَوِيّ (qurawiyy)

Descendants

• → Hausa: àlkar̃yā̀
• → Malay: kariah
• → Ottoman Turkish: قریه (karye)
  • Turkish: karye
• → Persian: قریه (qarye, qariye)
• → South Levantine Arabic: قرية (qarye) (semi-learned)

See also

• بَلَد (balad)
• مَدِينَة (madīna)
• كَفْر (kafr)
• ضَيْعَة (ḍayʕa)
• بَدْو (badw)
• حِلَّة (ḥilla)
• رُسْتَاق (rustāq)

Etymology 2

قَرِيَّة

Root
ق ر و (q-r-w)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qa.rij.ja/

Noun

قَرِيَّة • (qariyya) f (obsolete)

1. staff, cane, pole, yard
2. yard of a ship

Declension

Declension of noun قَرْيَة (qarya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَرْيَة qarya	الْقَرْيَة al-qarya	قَرْيَة qaryat
Nominative	قَرْيَةٌ qaryatun	الْقَرْيَةُ al-qaryatu	قَرْيَةُ qaryatu
Accusative	قَرْيَةً qaryatan	الْقَرْيَةَ al-qaryata	قَرْيَةَ qaryata
Genitive	قَرْيَةٍ qaryatin	الْقَرْيَةِ al-qaryati	قَرْيَةِ qaryati

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ر ي
2 terms

Etymology

Arabic قَرْيَة (qarya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡar.ja/, [qar.ja]

Noun

قرية • (garya) f (plural قرى (gura))

1. village

Derived terms

• قروي (garawi, “villager”)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق ر ي
2 terms

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic قَرْيَة (qarya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qar.je/, [ˈqɑr.je]
• IPA^(key): /qar.ja/, [ˈqɑr.ja]

• Audio (Ramallah)

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Noun

قرية • (qarye) f (plural قرى (qura))

1. village

   Synonym: بلد (balad, “town, village”)

Derived terms

• قروي (qarawi, “villager”)

See also

• مدينة (madīne, “town, city”)