قمرية

See also: قمریه

Arabic

Adjective

قَمَرِيَّة • (qamariyya) f

  1. feminine singular of قَمَرِيّ (qamariyy)

Etymology 2

Relative noun (nisba) composed of قَمَر (qamar, moon) + ـِيَّة (-iyya), like شَمْسِيَّة (šamsiyya, parasol), فِسْقِيَّة (fisqiyya, fountain), حَنَفِيَّة (ḥanafiyya, faucet, spigot), due to its letting through less light than a regular window designed to pass sun-light.

Noun

قَمَرِيَّة • (qamariyya) f (plural قَمَرِيَّات (qamariyyāt))

  1. stained glass window, leadlight, vitrail or a kind thereof
    • 2013 June 20, “القمرية.. تحفة المعمار اليمني ودرّته الصامدة”, in Al Jazeera:
    • 2017 March 16, “الألمنيوم يغتال "القمرية" درة تاج العمارة اليمنية”, in Al ʿArab, archived from the original on 22 August 2020:
Declension

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