قرا

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Arabic

Root
ق ر و (q r w)
5 terms

Verb

قَرَا (qarā) I (non-past يَقْرُو (yaqrū), verbal noun قَرْو (qarw))

  1. (transitive) to peragrate, to travel through, to traverse, to follow up with perseverance

Conjugation

Noun

قَرًا (qaranm (plural أَقْرَاء (ʔaqrāʔ))

  1. back, dorsum

Declension

Chagatai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kara (black).

Adjective

قرا (transliteration needed)

  1. black

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Uzbek: qora
  • Uyghur: قارا (qara)

Egyptian Arabic

Root
ق ر ي
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic قَرَأَ (qaraʔa).

Pronunciation

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Verb

قرا (ʔara) I (non-past يقرا (yiʔra))

  1. to read

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Gulf Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic قَرَأَ (qaraʔa), with fronting of /q/ to /g/ and elision of the final hamza.

Pronunciation

Verb

قرا (gɪrə or gərə)

  1. to read
    الاستاذ قرا الدرس وايد بسرعة، ما فهمت منه ولا شي!
    The teacher read the lesson so fast I did not understand anything from it!

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

Root
ق ر ي
2 terms

From Arabic قَرَأَ (qaraʔa, to read).

Pronunciation

Verb

قرا (gara) I (non-past يقرا (yigra))

  1. to read
    Synonyms: قري (giri), (classicized form) قرأ (garaʼ)
    قريت الكتاب
    garēt al-kitāb
    I read the book

Usage notes

Speakers alternate between the past forms for the verb "to read" قري (giri) and قرا (gara), while the present and imperative are the same for both forms. the classicized form with the final hamza قرأ (garaʼ) is also used.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of قرا (gara)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قريت (garēt) قريت (garēt) قرا (gara) قرينا (garēna) قريتوا (girētu) قروا (garu)
f قريتي (garēti) قرت (garat)
non-past m أقرا (agra) تقرا (tigra) يقرا (yigra) نقرا (nigra) تقروا (tigru) يقروا (yigru)
f تقري (tigri) تقرا (tigra)
imperative m اقرا (agra) اقروا (agru)
f اقري (agri)

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ق ر ي
2 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic قَرَأَ (qaraʔa).

Pronunciation

Verb

قرا (qra) I (non-past يِقرا (yiqra) or يَقرا (yaqra))

  1. to read
  2. to study
Conjugation
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This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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1=ق
2=ر
3=q
4=r
Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

From Arabic قَرَّأَ (qarraʔa).

Pronunciation

Verb

قرا (qarra) II (non-past يقري (yqarri))

  1. to teach
    Synonym: علم (ʕallam)
Conjugation
    Conjugation of قرا
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قريت (qarrīt) قريتي (qarrīti) قرا (qarra) قرينا (qarrīna) قريتوا (qarrītu) قراوا (qarrāw)
f قرات (qarrāt)
non-past m نقري (nqarri) تقري (tqarri) يقري (yqarri) نقريوا (nqarrīw) تقريوا (tqarrīw) يقريوا (yqarrīw)
f تقري (tqarri) تقري (tqarri)
imperative m قري (qarri) قريوا (qarrīw)
f قري (qarri)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Adjective

قرا (kara)

  1. alternative spelling of قره (kara)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic قُرَّاء (qurrāʔ).

Noun

قُرّا (kurrâ)

  1. plural of قاری (kârî)

Further reading

  • Lehçe-i Osmani
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قاری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1413

Etymology 3

Noun

قرا (kurâ)

  1. Alternative form of قری (kurâ)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قُرَّاء (qurrāʔ).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? qurrā
Dari reading? qurrā
Iranian reading? ğorrâ
Tajik reading? qurro

Noun

Dari قرا
Iranian Persian
Tajik қурро

قُرّا (qorrâ)

  1. plural of قاری (qâri)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ق ر ي
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قرأ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Urban) /ʔa.ra/,
  • IPA(key): (Bedouin) /ɡa.ra/,
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

قرا (ʔara) I (present بقرا (biʔra))

  1. to read
    ايمتى كان آخر مرّة قريتلك كتاب؟
    emta kān āḵer marra ʔarēt-lak ktāb?
    When was the last time you read yourself a book?
    قريت افكاري.
    ʔarēt afkāri.
    You read my mind.
    (literally, “You read my thoughts.”)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of قرا (ʔara)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m قريت (ʔarēt) قريت (ʔarēt) قرا (ʔara) قرينا (ʔarēna) قريتو (ʔarētu) قرو (ʔaru)
f قريتي (ʔarēti) قرت (ʔarat)
present m بقرا (baʔra) بتقرا (btiʔra) بيقرا (biʔra) منقرا (mniʔra) بتقرو (btiʔru) بقرو (biʔru)
f بتقري (btiʔri) بتقرا (btiʔra)
subjunctive m اقرا (aʔra) تقرا (tiʔra) يقرا (yiʔra) نقرا (niʔra) تقرو (tiʔru) يقرو (yiʔru)
f تقري (tiʔri) تقرا (tiʔra)
imperative m اقرا (iʔra) اقرو (iʔru)
f اقري (iʔri)