قرية

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See also: قریه

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ق ر ي (q-r-y)
قَرْيَة

Related to ق ر ر (q-r-r). Perhaps from Proto-Afroasiatic. Immediate cognates are Hebrew קִרְיָה (qiryā́, “complex, city”) and Hebrew קֶרֶת (qerêt, “city, settlement”), Classical Syriac ܩܪܝܬܐ (qərīṯā, “town, village”), Ugaritic 𐎖𐎗𐎚 (qrt), 𐎖𐎗𐎊𐎚 (qryt, “city, town”), Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕 (qrt), 𐤒𐤀𐤓𐤕 (qʾrt, “city”), Moabite 𐤒𐤓 (qr, “wall, city”). Further relations include Kabyle iɣṛem (“city”), Oromo goorroo (“wall”), Somali guri (“dwelling, house”), Hausa gari (“town”), Kanuri gàrú (“town wall”) and Lagwan gaura (“shed”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qar.ja/
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Noun

قَرْيَة • (qarya) f (plural قُرًى (quran)) (countable)

  1. any populated area or the community thereof
    Synonym: مِصْر (miṣr, “a populated locality”)
  2. an urban area or community (such as a town or a city)
  3. (modern) a rural area or community (such as a village), a hamlet
    هٰؤُلَاءِ الْفَلَّاحُونَ هُم مِنْ تِلْكَ الْقَرْيَةِ الْمِصْرِيَّةِ الْكَبِيرَةِ.
    hāʔulāʔi l-fallāḥūna hum min tilka l-qaryati l-miṣriyyati l-kabīrati.
    These farmers are from that big Egyptian village.
Declension
Declension of noun قَرْيَة (qarya)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal قَرْيَة
qarya 		الْقَرْيَة
al-qarya 		قَرْيَة
qaryat
Nominative قَرْيَةٌ
qaryatun 		الْقَرْيَةُ
al-qaryatu 		قَرْيَةُ
qaryatu
Accusative قَرْيَةً
qaryatan 		الْقَرْيَةَ
al-qaryata 		قَرْيَةَ
qaryata
Genitive قَرْيَةٍ
qaryatin 		الْقَرْيَةِ
al-qaryati 		قَرْيَةِ
qaryati
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal قَرْيَتَيْن
qaryatayn 		الْقَرْيَتَيْن
al-qaryatayn 		قَرْيَتَيْ
qaryatay
Nominative قَرْيَتَانِ
qaryatāni 		الْقَرْيَتَانِ
al-qaryatāni 		قَرْيَتَا
qaryatā
Accusative قَرْيَتَيْنِ
qaryatayni 		الْقَرْيَتَيْنِ
al-qaryatayni 		قَرْيَتَيْ
qaryatay
Genitive قَرْيَتَيْنِ
qaryatayni 		الْقَرْيَتَيْنِ
al-qaryatayni 		قَرْيَتَيْ
qaryatay
Plural broken plural in ـًى (-an)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal قُرَى
qurā 		الْقُرَى
al-qurā 		قُرَى
qurā
Nominative قُرًى
quran 		الْقُرَى
al-qurā 		قُرَى
qurā
Accusative قُرًى
quran 		الْقُرَى
al-qurā 		قُرَى
qurā
Genitive قُرًى
quran 		الْقُرَى
al-qurā 		قُرَى
qurā
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
  • → Hausa: àlkar̃yā̀
  • → Malay: kariah
  • → Ottoman Turkish: قریه (karye)
  • → Persian: قریه (qarye, qariye)
  • → South Levantine Arabic: قرية (qarye) (semi-learned)
See also

Etymology 2

قَرِيَّة
Root
ق ر و (q-r-w)

Pronunciation

Noun

قَرِيَّة • (qariyya) f (obsolete)

  1. staff, cane, pole, yard
  2. yard of a ship
Declension
Declension of noun قَرْيَة (qarya)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal قَرْيَة
qarya 		الْقَرْيَة
al-qarya 		قَرْيَة
qaryat
Nominative قَرْيَةٌ
qaryatun 		الْقَرْيَةُ
al-qaryatu 		قَرْيَةُ
qaryatu
Accusative قَرْيَةً
qaryatan 		الْقَرْيَةَ
al-qaryata 		قَرْيَةَ
qaryata
Genitive قَرْيَةٍ
qaryatin 		الْقَرْيَةِ
al-qaryati 		قَرْيَةِ
qaryati

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ق ر ي
2 terms

Etymology

Arabic قَرْيَة (qarya).

Pronunciation

Noun

قرية • (garya) f (plural قرى (gura))

  1. village

Derived terms

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق ر ي
2 terms

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic قَرْيَة (qarya).

Pronunciation

Noun

قرية • (qarye) f (plural قرى (qura))

  1. village
    Synonym: بلد (balad, “town, village”)

Derived terms

See also

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