قوری

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kōrïg (enclosure, enclosed area),[1] a word related to *kōrï- (to protect). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (korïg), Azerbaijani qoruq and Uzbek qoʻriq.

Noun

قوری • (korı or koru) (definite accusative قوری‌یی (korıyı, koruyu), plural قوریلر (korılar, korular))

  1. reserve, paddock, enclosure, a piece of meadow or forest kept for private use and often guarded or fenced

Derived terms

  • قوریجی (korucu, reserve keeper)
  • قوریلق (koruluk, wooded district)
  • قوریمق (korumak, to protect, defend)

Descendants

  • Turkish: koru
  • Albanian: korié, kori
  • Aromanian: curíe
  • Bulgarian: кори́я (koríja) (regional)
  • Greek: κουρί n (kourí) (Thracia, Macedonia, Epirus)
  • Macedonian: корија (korija)
  • Serbo-Croatian: (Southeast Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria)
    Cyrillic script: ко́рија
    Latin script: kórija

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “korığ”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 652

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

From Classical Persian غوری (ġōri, porcelain plate), further etymology unclear.

Pronunciation

Readings
Iranian reading? ġuri
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

Regional synonyms of "teapot"
Dari چاینک, چای‌بر
Iranian Persian قوری
Tajik чойник, чойнак

قوری • (quri)

  1. (chiefly Iran) teapot
  2. (Dari) tray for food

Descendants

See also

  • کتری (ketri, tea kettle)