غرارة

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
غ ر ر (ḡ r r)
8 terms

Noun

غَرَارَة • (ḡarāra) f

heedlessness, juvenility, crevasse, loose management of reality

Declension

Declension of noun **غَرَارَة** (ḡarāra)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	غَرَارَة ḡarāra	الْغَرَارَة al-ḡarāra	غَرَارَة ḡarārat
nominative	غَرَارَةٌ ḡarāratun	الْغَرَارَةُ al-ḡarāratu	غَرَارَةُ ḡarāratu
accusative	غَرَارَةً ḡarāratan	الْغَرَارَةَ al-ḡarārata	غَرَارَةَ ḡarārata
genitive	غَرَارَةٍ ḡarāratin	الْغَرَارَةِ al-ḡarārati	غَرَارَةِ ḡarārati

Etymology 2

Unknown, compare the relations of Arabic جِرَاب (jirāb, “pouch”) and Classical Persian (xarman, xirman, “harvest”), or even Arabic شَلَّاق (šallāq, “beggar’s knapsack”).

Noun

غِرَارَة • (ḡirāra) f (plural غَرَائِر (ḡarāʔir))

sack, bag, especially for grain
holdall, saddle-bag, leather bag
(obsolete) a dry measure for grain
1. (obsolete, Beirut) a dry measure for grain of about 432 litres
2. (obsolete, Damascus) a dry measure for grain of about 265 litres – 12 كَيْل (kayl) – 72 مُدّ (mudd)
3. (obsolete, Jerusalem) a dry measure for grain of about 795 litres
4. (obsolete, Gaza) a dry measure for grain of about 398 litres

Declension

Declension of noun **غِرَارَة** (ḡirāra)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	غِرَارَة ḡirāra	الْغِرَارَة al-ḡirāra	غِرَارَة ḡirārat
nominative	غِرَارَةٌ ḡirāratun	الْغِرَارَةُ al-ḡirāratu	غِرَارَةُ ḡirāratu
accusative	غِرَارَةً ḡirāratan	الْغِرَارَةَ al-ḡirārata	غِرَارَةَ ḡirārata
genitive	غِرَارَةٍ ḡirāratin	الْغِرَارَةِ al-ḡirārati	غِرَارَةِ ḡirārati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	غِرَارَتَيْن ḡirāratayn	الْغِرَارَتَيْن al-ḡirāratayn	غِرَارَتَيْ ḡirāratay
nominative	غِرَارَتَانِ ḡirāratāni	الْغِرَارَتَانِ al-ḡirāratāni	غِرَارَتَا ḡirāratā
accusative	غِرَارَتَيْنِ ḡirāratayni	الْغِرَارَتَيْنِ al-ḡirāratayni	غِرَارَتَيْ ḡirāratay
genitive	غِرَارَتَيْنِ ḡirāratayni	الْغِرَارَتَيْنِ al-ḡirāratayni	غِرَارَتَيْ ḡirāratay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	غَرَائِر ḡarāʔir	الْغَرَائِر al-ḡarāʔir	غَرَائِر ḡarāʔir
nominative	غَرَائِرُ ḡarāʔiru	الْغَرَائِرُ al-ḡarāʔiru	غَرَائِرُ ḡarāʔiru
accusative	غَرَائِرَ ḡarāʔira	الْغَرَائِرَ al-ḡarāʔira	غَرَائِرَ ḡarāʔira
genitive	غَرَائِرَ ḡarāʔira	الْغَرَائِرِ al-ḡarāʔiri	غَرَائِرِ ḡarāʔiri

Descendants

→ Ottoman Turkish: خرار (harar), حرار (harar), غرار (garar, gırar)
- Turkish: harar
- → Albanian: harar
- → Armenian: խարար (xarar)

References

Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2012) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band II: Materielle Kultur (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100/II) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 188–189
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 203–204
Hinz, Walther (1955, 1970) Islamische Maße und Gewichte: umgerechnet ins metrische System (Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung: der nahe und der mittlere Osten; Ergänzungsband 1, Heft 1) (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 37–38
Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “غرارة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2240.
Sauvaire, Henri (1886) “Matériaux pour servir à l’histoire de la numismatique et de la mythologie musulmanes”, in Journal asiatique (in French), published Part I in 1879 Autumn 455, Part II 1884 Spring 368, Part II continuation 1884 in Autumn 207, Part II end in 1885 Spring 498, Part III in 1886 Spring 124, Part III continuation in 1886 Spring 394, Part III other continuation 1886 Autumn 272, Part IV 1886 Autumn 479, page 422 seqq. of part three continuation