قاره

See also: قارة and فأرة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Adjective

قاره • (kara)

alternative spelling of قره (kara)

Etymology 2

From Arabic قَارَّة (qārra).

Noun

قاره • (kara)

terra firma, land, earth (as opposed to water or air)

Descendants

Turkish: kara

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic قَارَّة (qārra).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /qaːɾ.ˈɾa/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qɑːr.rä]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qɑːr.rä]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qɔːr.rä]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qɒːɹ.ɹe]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qɔɾ.ɾä]

Readings
Classical reading^?	qārra
Dari reading^?	qārra
Iranian reading^?	ġârre
Tajik reading^?	qorra

Noun

قارِّه • (qârre)

continent

Etymology 2

Compare Northern Kurdish qarîn (“to shout”). Perhaps related to (or a Arabicized form of) Bakhtiari Lorish گالَه (gāla) (: "to shout or scream loudly")

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /qaːɾ.ˈɾa/, /qaː.ˈɾa/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qɑːr.rä], [qɑː.ɾä]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qɑːr.rä], [qɑː.ɾä]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qɔːr.rä], [qɔː.ɾä]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qɒːɹ.ɹe], [qɒː.ɹe]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qɔɾ.ɾä], [qɔ.ɾä]

Readings
Classical reading^?	qārra, qāra
Dari reading^?	qārra, qāra
Iranian reading^?	ġârra, ġâre
Tajik reading^?	qorra, qora

Noun

قارِّه • (qârre)

(dialectal) lamentation
(dialectal) cry
(dialectal) shout