خوري

Arabic

Etymology

From Latin curio (priest).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xuː.rijj/

Noun

خُورِيّ • (ḵūriyy) m (plural خَوَارِنَة (ḵawārina))

  1. (Christianity) priest, curate, parson

Declension

Proper noun

خُورِيّ • (ḵūriyy) ?

  1. a surname

Declension

Statistics

  • As of 2016, خوري was the most common surname in Lebanon.[1]

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “خوري”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN


South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Latin curio (priest).

Noun

خُورِي • (ḵūri) m (plural خَوَارنَة (ḵawārne))

  1. priest
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