قريدس

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Arabic

Etymology

Likely from Greek γαρίδες (garídes, shrimps), from Ancient Greek κᾱρῖδες (kārîdes, shrimps), possibly influenced by the Arabic root ق ر د س (q-r-d-s) or taken as the diminutive of قُرْدُوس (qurdūs), a rare derivation of قُرْد (qurd, tick).

Pronunciation

Noun

قُرَيْدِس (quraydism (collective, singulative قُرَيْدِسَة f (quraydisa))

  1. shrimp, prawn, krill (Brachyura)
    • 2018 November 21, “صورة من معرض الأطعمة المقرفة في السويد”, in Al-Quds.com, archived from the original on 23 November 2018:
      يتم تقديم "القريدس الرتيل" من كمبوديا في متحف الطعام المقرف في 7 نوفمبر، 2018 في مالمو، السويد.
      An exhibition of “tarantula shrimps” from Cambodia happens in the Disgusting Food Museum on the 7th of November 2018 in Malmö, Sweden.

Declension

References

  • Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2010) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band I: Mensch, Natur, Fauna und Flora (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 340
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “قريدس”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 326
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قريدس”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1016

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic قُرَيْدِس (quraydis).

Noun

قريدس (ʔrēdism (collective)

  1. shrimp

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic قُرَيْدِس (quraydis).

Pronunciation

Noun

قريدس (ʔrēdism (collective)

  1. shrimp
    Synonym: جمبري (gambari)

References

  • Moin Halloun (2021) A Practical Dictionary of Spoken Arabic, Jerusalem, page 409
  • Omar Othman (2009) A Dictionary of the Spoken Arabic of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, page 216