كورة
Arabic
editEtymology
editFrom Classical Syriac ܟܘܪܐ (kōrā), from Ancient Greek χώρᾱ (khṓrā).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editكُورَة • (kūra) f (plural كُوَر (kuwar))
- (historical) a type of administrative division, translated as “district” or “province”, notably instituted by the Umayyad Caliphate and hence the Emirate of Córdoba
- a. 1000, المقدسي, edited by Michael Jan de Goeje, أحسن التقاسيم في معرفة الأقاليم [ʾaḥsan at-taqāsīm fī maʿrifa al-ʾaqālīm] (Bibliotheca Geographorum Arabicorum; 3)[1], Leiden: E. J. Brill, published 1877, 1906, web 1/136, pages 374 m–u:
- وأما أرمينية فإنها كورة جليلة رسمها أرميني بن كنظر بن يافث بن نوح ومنها ترتفع الستور والزلاليُّ الرفيعة كثيرة الخصائص قصبتها دَبِيل ومن مدنها: بَدْلِيس، خِلَاط، أَرْجِيش، بَرْكَرِي، خُوَيُّ، سَلَمَاس، أُرْمِيَة، دَاخَرَّقَان، مَرَاغَة، أَهْرُ، مَرَنْد، سَِنْجَان، قالِيقَلَا، قندرية، قَلْعَة يُونِس، نورين.
- Concerning Armenia, it is a revered region of Armenian tradition, a son like the son of Japhet, the son of Noah, and from it hail draperies and fine rugs of lots of peculiarities the filament of which is like that of Dwin, and of its towns are: [a list of settlements follows].
Declension
editDeclension of noun كُورَة (kūra)
Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | كُورَة kūra |
الْكُورَة al-kūra |
كُورَة kūrat |
Nominative | كُورَةٌ kūratun |
الْكُورَةُ al-kūratu |
كُورَةُ kūratu |
Accusative | كُورَةً kūratan |
الْكُورَةَ al-kūrata |
كُورَةَ kūrata |
Genitive | كُورَةٍ kūratin |
الْكُورَةِ al-kūrati |
كُورَةِ kūrati |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | كُورَتَيْن kūratayn |
الْكُورَتَيْن al-kūratayn |
كُورَتَيْ kūratay |
Nominative | كُورَتَانِ kūratāni |
الْكُورَتَانِ al-kūratāni |
كُورَتَا kūratā |
Accusative | كُورَتَيْنِ kūratayni |
الْكُورَتَيْنِ al-kūratayni |
كُورَتَيْ kūratay |
Genitive | كُورَتَيْنِ kūratayni |
الْكُورَتَيْنِ al-kūratayni |
كُورَتَيْ kūratay |
Plural | basic broken plural triptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | كُوَر kuwar |
الْكُوَر al-kuwar |
كُوَر kuwar |
Nominative | كُوَرٌ kuwarun |
الْكُوَرُ al-kuwaru |
كُوَرُ kuwaru |
Accusative | كُوَرًا kuwaran |
الْكُوَرَ al-kuwara |
كُوَرَ kuwara |
Genitive | كُوَرٍ kuwarin |
الْكُوَرِ al-kuwari |
كُوَرِ kuwari |
Egyptian Arabic
editAlternative forms
edit- كوره (kōra)
Etymology
editFrom Arabic كُرَة (kura, “ball”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editكورة • (kōra) f (plural كُوَر (kówar) or كِوَر (kíwar) or كورَات (korāt))
- ball
- العربية داست الكورة وفجرتها
- il-ʿarabíyya dāsit il-kōra wi-fagarít-ha.
- The car ran over the ball and burst it.
- football
- Synonym: كورة قدم (kōrit qádam)
- بدور على راجل كبير بيعرف يلعب كورة اكتر من ٥٠ او ٦٠ سنة...علشان شغل
- badáwwar ʿála rāgil kibīr biyíʿraf yílʿab kōra ʾáktar min ḵamsīn ʾaw sittīn sána... ʿalašān šuḡl.
- I am looking for an old man who knows how to play football over 50 or 60 years old... for work.
Derived terms
editDerived terms
- كورة طايرة (kōra ṭáyra)
- كورة شراب (kōra šarāb)
- كور (káwwar)
- كروى (kárawi)
References
edit- Spiro, Socrates (1895) “كورة”, in An Arabic-English Vocabulary of the Colloquial Arabic of Egypt, 1st edition, Cairo: Al-Mokattam Printing Office
- Hinds, Martin, Badawi, El-Said (1986) A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic[2], Beirut: Librairie du Liban
Hijazi Arabic
editRoot |
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ك و ر |
1 term |
Etymology
editFrom Arabic كُرَة (kura, “ball”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editكورة • (kūra) f (plural كور (kuwar) or كورات (kūrāt))
Derived terms
editDerived terms
- كورة سلة (kūrat salla, “basketball”)
Moroccan Arabic
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