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Azerbaijani
Noun
قاری
- Arabic spelling of qari
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
From Old Anatolian Turkish (karı, “old person”), from Proto-Turkic *kạrï.
Noun
قاری • (karı)
- wife
- woman
Derived terms
References
Etymology 2
From Arabic قَارِئ (qāriʔ), active participle of قَرَأَ (qaraʔa, “to read”).
Noun
قاری • (kârî) (plural قُرّا (kurrâ))
- reader
- a professional Qur'an reader
Descendants
References
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “kari'”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 589
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kari”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قاری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1413
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic قَارِئ (qāriʔ).
Pronunciation
Readings
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Classical reading?
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qārī
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Dari reading?
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qārī
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Iranian reading?
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ğâri
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Tajik reading?
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qori
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Noun
Dari
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قاری
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Iranian Persian
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Tajik
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қорӣ
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قاری • (qâri) (plural قُرّا (qorrâ))
- reader
- reciter of the Quran
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian قاری (qārī), from Arabic قَارِئ (qāriʔ).
Pronunciation
Noun
قاری • (qārī) m (Hindi spelling क़ारी)
- (Islam) qari, one who recites the Quran
Adjective
قاری • (qārī) (Hindi spelling क़ारी)
- reader
References
- “قاری”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “قاری”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.