قراية

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Egyptian Arabic

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Noun

قراية • (ʾirāya) m (plural قرايات (ʾirāyāt))

  1. reading

Gulf Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Arabic قِرَاءَة (qirāʔa). Doublet of قِراءة (qirāʔa, “reading, recitation”).

Pronunciation

  • (Kuwait) IPA(key): /ɡrɑjə/,
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Noun

قراية • (grāya) f (plural قرايات)

  1. (Shi'ism) a special gathering, typically held during the Mouring of Muharram, in which a sermon is given by a religious clerk called خَطِيب or قَارِي.
    • 2017 November 9, آية الله السيد محمد رضا الشيرازي, “أبعاد إحياء ذكرى الإمام الحسين (عليه السلام))”, in شبكة النبأ المعلوماتية‎:
      ...قلت له: في الواقع عندي مجلس آخر، وأنا مستعجل. فقال الرجل متوسلاً: لحظات فقط، تقرأ لي (قراية) ثم تذهب إلى المجلس الآخر"
      ...I told him: "In fact I've another majlis , so the man said beggingly: "Moment only, read for me a graya then you go to the other majlis.
    • 2014 November 10, “عبد الزهرة الكعبي.. (ضلع الثورة الثالث)”, in Alhakika News‎, archived from the original on 27 April 2019:
      "...لاسيما وإن الجماهير المُحبة له، كانت تتابعه وتجالسه من مجلس الى مجلس ومن (قراية الى قراية). ‬"
      ...especially since his beloving fans, would follow and sit with him from one majlis to another and from one graya to another
    • 2010 October 23, Jalal Charamga, “الحسين.. البكاء .. الهريسة* !!”, in tellskuf‎, archived from the original on 27 April 2019:
      ...الضيفات اللائي يحضرن "قراية النسوان" ممن تحقق "مرادهن" من قراية العام الماضي."
      ... or the guest who come from the "women's graya" whose "want" were answered (by God) from last year's graya.
    • 2005 February 19, “شيعة العراق يعدون عاشوراء مختلفا عن سوابقه”, in Aljazeera Arabic‎:
      "وترافق الاحتفالات بيوم الطبق أيضا "القرايات" وهي جلسات عزاء تقام للرجال في المساجد والقاعات ومثلها للنساء في البيوت."
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    1. by extension, any hussainiya.
      Synonyms: حْسينِيَّة, مَأْتَم

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

قراية • (garrāya) f

  1. female equivalent of قَارِي

Adjective

قراية • (garrāya) f

  1. feminine singular of قَارِي

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic قِرَاءَة (qirāʔa). Doublet of قِراءة (qirāʔa, “reading, recitation”).

Pronunciation

Noun

قراية • (girāya) f (plural قِرَايات (girāyāt))

  1. reading

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ق ر ي
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قِرَاءَة (qirāʔa).

Pronunciation

Noun

قراية • (qrāya) f (plural قرايات (qrāyāt))

  1. verbal noun of قرا (qra)
  2. reading
  3. studying

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic قِرَاءَة (qirāʔa).

Pronunciation

Noun

قراية • (ʔrāye) f (plural قرايات (ʔrāyāt))

  1. reading
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