خوري

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Arabic

Etymology

From Latin curio (“priest”).

Pronunciation

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.[1]

References

  1. ^ Khalife, Leyal (2016) “These are the Arab world's most common family names… / Is your family name on the list?”, in Step Feed‎
  • 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
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