قاری

See also: قارئ and قاري

Azerbaijani

Noun

قاری

1. Arabic spelling of qari

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

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Proto-Turkic *karï

Old Anatolian Turkish قَرِی (karı)

Ottoman Turkish قاری

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish قَرِی (karı, “old person”), from Proto-Turkic *karï.

Noun

قاری • (karı)

1. wife
2. woman

Derived terms

• چاغرغان قاری (çağırgan karı, “scold, shrew”, literally “vociferous wife”)
• قاری بازلری (karı bazları)

Descendants

• Turkish: karı

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “karı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قاری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1413

Etymology 2

From Arabic قَارِئ (qāriʔ), active participle of قَرَأَ (qaraʔa, “to read”).

Noun

قاری • (kârî) (plural قُرّا (kurrâ))

1. reader
2. a professional Qur'an reader

Descendants

• Turkish: kari

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “kari'”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎ [Ottoman–Turkish Encyclopedic Dictionary]‎^[2] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 589
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kari”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قاری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1413

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَارِئ (qāriʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /qaː.ˈriː/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qɑː.ɾíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qɑː.ɾíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qɑː.ɾíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qɔː.ɾí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qɒː.ɹíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qɔ.ɾí]

• Rhymes: -iː

Readings
Classical reading?	qārī
Dari reading?	qārī
Iranian reading?	ġâri
Tajik reading?	qori

Noun

قاری • (qārī / ġâri) (plural قرّا (qurrā / ġorrâ), Tajik spelling қорӣ)

1. reader
2. reciter of the Quran

Urdu

Etymology

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Arabic قَارِئ (qāriʔ)bor.

Classical Persian قاری (qārī)bor.

Urdu قاری

Borrowed from Classical Persian قاری (qārī), borrowed from Arabic قَارِئ (qāriʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qɑː.ɾiː/

Noun

قاری • (qārī) m

1. (Islam) qari, one who recites the Quran

Adjective

قاری • (qārī)

1. reader

References

• “قاری”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “قاری”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.