قرش

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See also: فرس, فرش, and ف ر س

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ق ر ش (q r š)
1 term

Pronunciation 1

Verb

قَرَشَ (qaraša) I (non-past يَقْرِشُ (yaqrišu) or يَقْرُشُ (yaqrušu), verbal noun قَرْش (qarš))

  1. to gnash, to grind (one's teeth)
  2. to nibble
  3. to chew, to crunch
Conjugation

Pronunciation 2

Noun

قَرْش (qaršm

  1. verbal noun of قَرَشَ (qaraša) (form I)

Etymology 2

From قَرَشَ (qaraša, to gnash, to grind (one's teeth)). Doubtfully from Ancient Greek καρχαρίας (karkharías, shark), from κάρχαρος (kárkharos, sharp, jagged), also present in Jewish Babylonian Aramaic כרשא (probably shark), Latin carcharias, carcharus.

Pronunciation

Noun

قِرْش (qiršm (plural قُرُوش (qurūš))

  1. shark
Declension

Etymology 3

Back-formation from the plural, itself borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قروش (modern Turkish kuruş), from German Groschen.

Pronunciation

Noun

قِرْش (qiršm (plural قُرُوش (qurūš))

  1. qirsh; a currency denomination used in the Ottoman Empire
  2. piaster, qursh, kurus; currency denominations used today in some former Ottoman countries
  3. groschen, groat, grosso; any of a number of defunct European currency units
  4. grosz; a currency denomination used in Poland (one hundredth of a złoty)
Declension
Descendants

References

  • krš2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1886) Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, volume 40, page 187
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1904) Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, pages 87–88
  • Streck, Maximilian (1907) “Bemerkungen zu einigen arabischen Fischnamen”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 61, page 637
  • Vollers, Karl (1896) “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 50, page 614
  • Vollers, Karl (1897) “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 51, page 301

Egyptian Arabic

Noun

قرش (ʾeršm pl قروش (ʔorūš)

  1. shark
  2. piaster (one hundredth of an Egyptian pound)

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ر ش
1 term

Pronunciation

قِرْش

Etymology 1

From Arabic قِرْش (qirš).

Noun

قِرْش (giršm (plural قُروش (gurūš))

  1. shark
قِرْش

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish قروش (kuruş), from German Groschen, from Latin grossus.

Noun

قِرْش (giršm (plural قُروش (gurūš))

  1. coin
See also

Mozarabic

Verb

قرش (qariš)

  1. Alternative spelling of كارش (kāriš): you want
    • c. 1100, al-Aʕmā al-Tuṭīlī, Kharja A5 :[1]
      بر ڧي نو ڧرش ياللَّه متَّار
      bərqəy nū qariš bi-llāhi məttāri
      Why, by God, don't you want to kill ?

References

  1. ^ Jones, Alan (1988) Romance Kharjas in Andalusian Arabic Muwaššaḥ Poetry (Oxford Oriental Institute Monographs; 9), Ithaca Press London, →ISBN, pages 57–59

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic قِرْش (qirš).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qirʃ/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

قرش (qiršm (plural قروش (qrūš))

  1. piastre, penny, cent (subdivision of a currency, usually one hundredth)