كریه

See also: كريه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian گریه (girya). Cognate with Classical Azerbaijani giryə.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɟirˈje]
• Hyphenation: gir‧ye

Noun

كریه • (girye)

1. tear

   Synonym: كوز یاشی (gözyaşı)

Derived terms

• كریه كنان (girye-künân, “weeping, shedding tears”)

Etymology 2

From a Semitic source, compare Classical Syriac ܩܰܪܻܝܒ݂ܳܐ (qarrīḇā), Arabic قَرِيب (qarīb). Compare also Northern Kurdish kirîv, Azerbaijani kirvə.

Noun

كریه • (kirye)

1. a kind of godfather who holds a boy during his circumcision

Descendants

• Turkish: kirve

Etymology 3

From Arabic كَرِيه (karīh).

Noun

كریه • (kerih)

1. hated, detestable

Descendants

• Turkish: kerih

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كریه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1543
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كریه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, pages 1023b–1024a
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كریه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, columns 3937–3938