kursi

See also: kursí

English

Etymology

Arabic كرسي (literally “chair, seat, throne”)

Noun

kursi (plural kursis)

1. (Islam) A stand for holding the Qur'an for readings.

Translations

Translations

• Indonesian: rehal (id)

Albanian

Noun

kursi

1. course

Brunei Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kursi/
• (Kedayan) IPA^(key): /kuusi/
• Hyphenation: kur‧si

Noun

kursi

1. alternative form of kerusi (“chair”)

Finnish

Verb

kursi

1. inflection of kursia:
   1. third-person singular past indicative
   2. present active indicative connegative
   3. second-person singular present imperative
   4. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams

• kirsu, risku, ruksi

Ido

Noun

kursi

1. plural of kurso

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay kursi (Standard Malay kerusi (“chair”)), from Arabic كُرْسِيّ (kursiyy). Compare to Baba Malay krosi, Javanese ꦏꦸꦂꦱꦶ (kursi).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkursi/ [ˈkur.si]
  • Rhymes: -ursi
  • Syllabification: kur‧si
• (nonstandard) IPA^(key): /ˈkorsi/ [ˈkor.si]

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Noun

kursi (plural kursi-kursi)

1. chair, seat:
   1. an item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person

      Synonyms: seliri, bangku, dingklik

   2. (figurative) the seat or office of a person in authority

      Synonyms: jabatan, kedudukan

2. (Islam) throne of Allah

Alternative forms

• korsi (nonstandard)
• kerusi (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Compounds

• kursi bakso
• kursi bar
• kursi berlengan
• kursi bersandaran
• kursi besar berlengan
• kursi empuk
• kursi ergonomis
• kursi geser
• kursi goyang
• kursi lincak
• kursi lipat
• kursi listrik
• kursi lontar
• kursi makan
• kursi malas
• kursi panas
• kursi panjang
• kursi pesakitan
• kursi rebah
• kursi roda
• kursi setel
• kursi susun
• kursi sutradara

Further reading

• “kursi”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

kursi

1. romanization of ꦏꦸꦂꦱꦶ

Juba Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كُرْسِيّ (kursiyy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuɾsi/, [ˈkʊɾ.sɪ]

Noun

kursi (plural karaasi)

1. chair

References

• Ian Smith; Morris Timothy Ama (1985), A Dictionary of Juba Arabic & English‎^[1], 1st edition, Juba: The Committee of The Juba Cheshire Home and Centre for Handicapped Children, page 152

Latvian

Verb

kursi

1. second-person singular future indicative of kurt

Maguindanao

Alternative forms

• kulsi

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kursi, kerusi, from Arabic كُرْسِيّ (kursiyy).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA^(key): /ˈkuɾsi/ [ˈkuɽ.ʂi]
• Rhymes: -uɾsi
• Syllabification: kur‧si

Noun

kursi (Jawi spelling كُوْرْسِ)

1. chair; seat

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic كُرْسِيّ (kursiyy). Doublet of kerusi.

Noun

kursi (uncountable)

1. (education) chair: a distinguished professorship at a university.

Further reading

• “kursi”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Somali

Etymology

From Arabic كُرْسِيّ (kursiyy).

Noun

kursi m

1. chair

Votic

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈkursi/, [ˈkursʲi]
• Rhymes: -ursi
• Hyphenation: kur‧si

Etymology 1

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Noun

kursi

1. A kind of bread traditionally eaten at weddings.

Inflection

Declension of kursi (type II/võrkko, s-z gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kursi	kurzid
genitive	kurzi	kursijõ, kursii
partitive	kursia	kursiitõ, kursii
illative	kursisõ, kursi	kursiisõ
inessive	kurziz	kursiiz
elative	kurzissõ	kursiissõ
allative	kurzilõ	kursiilõ
adessive	kurzillõ	kursiillõ
ablative	kurziltõ	kursiiltõ
translative	kurzissi	kursiissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

Declension of kursi (type VII/nimi, s-z gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kursi	kurzõd
genitive	kurzõ	kursijõ, kursii
partitive	kursia	kursiitõ, kursii
illative	kursõsõ, kursõ	kursiisõ
inessive	kurzõz	kursiiz
elative	kurzõssõ	kursiissõ
allative	kurzõlõ	kursiilõ
adessive	kurzõllõ	kursiillõ
ablative	kurzõltõ	kursiiltõ
translative	kurzõssi	kursiissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian курс (kurs).

Noun

kursi

1. (nautical) course (direction of movement)

Inflection

Declension of kursi (type II/võrkko, s-z gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kursi	kurzid
genitive	kurzi	kursijõ, kursii
partitive	kursia	kursiitõ, kursii
illative	kursisõ, kursi	kursiisõ
inessive	kurziz	kursiiz
elative	kurzissõ	kursiissõ
allative	kurzilõ	kursiilõ
adessive	kurzillõ	kursiillõ
ablative	kurziltõ	kursiiltõ
translative	kurzissi	kursiissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “kursi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

West Makian

Etymology

From Malay kursi, from Arabic كُرْسِيّ (kursiyy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkur.s̪i/

Noun

kursi

1. a chair

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[2], Pacific linguistics