قمري

See also: قمری

Arabic

Etymology 1

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of قَمَر (qamar, “moon”) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Adjective

قَمَرِيّ • (qamariyy) (feminine قَمَرِيَّة (qamariyya), masculine plural قَمَرِيُّونَ (qamariyyūna), feminine plural قَمَرِيَّات (qamariyyāt))

lunar

Declension

Declension of adjective **قَمَرِيّ** (qamariyy)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	قَمَرِي qamarī	الْقَمَرِي al-qamarī	قَمَرِيَّة qamariyya	الْقَمَرِيَّة al-qamariyya
nominative	قَمَرِيٌّ qamariyyun	الْقَمَرِيُّ al-qamariyyu	قَمَرِيَّةٌ qamariyyatun	الْقَمَرِيَّةُ al-qamariyyatu
accusative	قَمَرِيًّا qamariyyan	الْقَمَرِيَّ al-qamariyya	قَمَرِيَّةً qamariyyatan	الْقَمَرِيَّةَ al-qamariyyata
genitive	قَمَرِيٍّ qamariyyin	الْقَمَرِيِّ al-qamariyyi	قَمَرِيَّةٍ qamariyyatin	الْقَمَرِيَّةِ al-qamariyyati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	قَمَرِيَّيْن qamariyyayn	الْقَمَرِيَّيْن al-qamariyyayn	قَمَرِيَّتَيْن qamariyyatayn	الْقَمَرِيَّتَيْن al-qamariyyatayn
nominative	قَمَرِيَّانِ qamariyyāni	الْقَمَرِيَّانِ al-qamariyyāni	قَمَرِيَّتَانِ qamariyyatāni	الْقَمَرِيَّتَانِ al-qamariyyatāni
accusative	قَمَرِيَّيْنِ qamariyyayni	الْقَمَرِيَّيْنِ al-qamariyyayni	قَمَرِيَّتَيْنِ qamariyyatayni	الْقَمَرِيَّتَيْنِ al-qamariyyatayni
genitive	قَمَرِيَّيْنِ qamariyyayni	الْقَمَرِيَّيْنِ al-qamariyyayni	قَمَرِيَّتَيْنِ qamariyyatayni	الْقَمَرِيَّتَيْنِ al-qamariyyatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	قَمَرِيِّين qamariyyīn	الْقَمَرِيِّين al-qamariyyīn	قَمَرِيَّات qamariyyāt	الْقَمَرِيَّات al-qamariyyāt
nominative	قَمَرِيُّونَ qamariyyūna	الْقَمَرِيُّونَ al-qamariyyūna	قَمَرِيَّاتٌ qamariyyātun	الْقَمَرِيَّاتُ al-qamariyyātu
accusative	قَمَرِيِّينَ qamariyyīna	الْقَمَرِيِّينَ al-qamariyyīna	قَمَرِيَّاتٍ qamariyyātin	الْقَمَرِيَّاتِ al-qamariyyāti
genitive	قَمَرِيِّينَ qamariyyīna	الْقَمَرِيِّينَ al-qamariyyīna	قَمَرِيَّاتٍ qamariyyātin	الْقَمَرِيَّاتِ al-qamariyyāti

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: qəməri
→ Persian: قمری (qamari)
→ Ottoman Turkish: قمری (kamerî)
- Turkish: kamerî

Etymology 2

From قَمَر (qamar, “moon”) owing to its “lunatic” character.

Noun

قُمْرِيّ • (qumriyy) m

laughing dove (Spilopelia senegalensis syn. Streptopelia senegalensis, and by extension other species of and the genus Streptopelia)
Synonym: شِفْنِين (šifnīn)
- a. 1283, Abū Yahyā Zakariyāʾ ibn Muhammad al-Qazwīnīy, edited by Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, عجائب المخلوقات وغرائب الموجودات [ʿajāʾib al-maḵlūqāt wa-ḡarāʾib al-mawjūdāt]‎^[1], Göttingen: Verlag der Dieterichschen Buchhandlung, published 1849, →DOI, page 423:

Declension

Declension of noun **قُمْرِيّ** (qumriyy)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	قُمْرِي qumrī	الْقُمْرِي al-qumrī	قُمْرِي qumrī
nominative	قُمْرِيٌّ qumriyyun	الْقُمْرِيُّ al-qumriyyu	قُمْرِيُّ qumriyyu
accusative	قُمْرِيًّا qumriyyan	الْقُمْرِيَّ al-qumriyya	قُمْرِيَّ qumriyya
genitive	قُمْرِيٍّ qumriyyin	الْقُمْرِيِّ al-qumriyyi	قُمْرِيِّ qumriyyi

Descendants

→ Persian: قمری (qomri)
→ Old Anatolian Turkish:
- Azerbaijani: qumru
- Ottoman Turkish: قمری (kumru), قومری (kumru)
  - Turkish: kumru

Etymology 3

Verb

قَمِّرِي • (qammirī) (form II) /qam.mi.riː/

second-person feminine singular imperative of قَمَّرَ (qammara)

References

Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “قمري”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[2] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 404a
Jacob, Georg (1892) Studien in arabischen Geographen‎^[3] (in German), volume 3, Berlin: Meyer & Müller, page 105