See also: قارئ and قاری

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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

  1. continental
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Etymology 2

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

Adjective

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

  1. tarry, bituminous
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Gulf Arabic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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قاري (gārim (plural قُواري (guwāri))

  1. a bicycle, a bike

Descendants

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

Pashto

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic قَارِئ (qāriʔ)

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قاري (transliteration needed?

  1. qari

Sindhi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic قَارِئ (qāriʔ)

Noun

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قاري (transliteration needed?

  1. qari