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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Classical Persian گریه (girya). Cognate with Classical Azerbaijani giryə.
Pronunciation
Noun
كریه • (girye)
- tear
- Synonym: كوز یاشی (gözyaşı)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From a Semitic source, compare Classical Syriac ܩܰܪܻܝܒ݂ܳܐ (qarrīḇā), Arabic قَرِيب (qarīb). Compare also Northern Kurdish kirîv, Azerbaijani kirvə.
Noun
كریه • (kirye)
- a kind of godfather who holds a boy during his circumcision
Descendants
Etymology 3
From Arabic كَرِيه (karīh).
Noun
كریه • (kerih)
- hated, detestable
Descendants
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كریه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1543
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كریه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, pages 1023b–1024a
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كریه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, columns 3937–3938