قاري

See also: قارئ and قاری

Arabic

Etymology 1

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of قَارَّة (qārra, continent) + ـِيّ (-iyy).

Adjective

قَارِّيّ • (qārriyy) (feminine قَارِّيَّة (qārriyya), masculine plural قَارِّيُّونَ (qārriyyūna), feminine plural قَارِّيَّات (qārriyyāt))

  1. continental
Declension

Etymology 2

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of قَار (qār, tar) + ـِيّ (-iyy).

Adjective

قَارِيّ • (qāriyy) (feminine قَارِيَّة (qāriyya), masculine plural قَارِيُّونَ (qāriyyūna), feminine plural قَارِيَّات (qāriyyāt))

  1. tarry, bituminous
Declension

Gulf Arabic

Alternative forms

  • گاري

Etymology

Either borrowed from Hindi गाड़ी (gāṛī)/Urdu گاڑی (gāṛī) or Persian گاری (gâri). Ultimately from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀕𑀟𑁆𑀟 (gaḍḍa), 𑀕𑀟𑁆𑀟𑀻 (gaḍḍī), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀕𑀸𑀟𑁆𑀟- (*gāḍḍa-).

Pronunciation

  • (Kuwait) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑ.ri/

Noun

قاري • (gāri) m (plural قُواري (guwāri))

  1. a bicycle, a bike

Descendants

  • Swahili: gari
    • Chichewa: galimoto
    • Kamba: ngali
    • Kikuyu: ngari
    • Maore Comorian: gari
    • Meru: ngari

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَارِئ (qāriʔ)

Noun

قاري • (transliteration needed) ?

  1. qari

Sindhi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَارِئ (qāriʔ)

Noun

قاري • (transliteration needed) ?

  1. qari
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