قاری

See also: قارئ and قاري

Azerbaijani

Noun

قاری

  1. Arabic spelling of qari

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

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

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

References

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَارِئ (qāriʔ).

Pronunciation

 

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

Noun

Dari قاری
Iranian Persian
Tajik қорӣ

قاری • (qâri) (plural قُرّا (qorrâ))

  1. reader
  2. reciter of the Quran

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

قاری • (qārīm (Hindi spelling क़ारी)

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

Adjective

قاری • (qārī) (Hindi spelling क़ारी)

  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, 2025.