سوري

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Arabic[edit]

Adjective[edit]

سُورِيّ (sūriyy) (feminine سُورِيَّة (sūriyya), masculine plural سُورِيُّونَ (sūriyyūna), feminine plural سُورِيَّات (sūriyyāt))

  1. Syrian

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Noun[edit]

سُورِيّ (sūriyym, plural سُورِيُّون (sūriyyūn), feminine سُورِيَّة (sūriyya)

  1. Syrian

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Descendants[edit]

  • Persian: سوری (suri)
  • Urdu: سوری (sūrī)

Malay[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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Noun[edit]

سوري (suri)

  1. queen (female monarch)

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Indonesian sore.

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سوري (sore)

  1. afternoon (part of the day between noon and evening)
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Tunisian Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic سُورِيّ (sūriyy, Syrian). Compare Moroccan Arabic رومي (rūmi, not local, foreign, western).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

سوري (sūri)

  1. industrialized; not homemade; not traditional; foreign
    Antonym: عربي (ʕarbi)
  2. Syrian