قمری

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Arabic قَمَرِيّ (qamariyy).

Adjective

قمری (kamerî)

  1. lunar
  2. (pathology) lunatic
Descendants
  • Turkish: kamerî

Etymology 2

From Old Anatolian Turkish, from Arabic قُمْرِيّ (qumriyy).

Alternative forms

Noun

قمری (kumru)

  1. dove
Descendants

References

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic قَمَرِيّ (qamariyy). By surface analysis, قمر (qamar) +‎ ـی (-i, adjective forming suffix).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? qamarī
Dari reading? qamarī
Iranian reading? ğamari
Tajik reading? qamari

Adjective

قمری (qamari)

  1. lunar

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic قُمْرِيّ (qumriyy).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? qumrī
Dari reading? qumrī
Iranian reading? ğomri
Tajik reading? qumri

Noun

قمری (qomri)

  1. laughing dove (Spilopelia senegalensis)

References

  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1967) “1528. قمری (qumrī)”, in Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 20)‎ (in German), volume III, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 511–512
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “قمری”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 742b