قرش

See also: فرس, فرش, and ف ر س

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ق ر ش (q-r-š)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qa.ra.ʃa/

Verb

قَرَشَ (qaraša) I, non-past يَقْرِشُ or يَقْرُشُ‎ (yaqrišu or yaqrušu)

  1. to gnash, to grind (one's teeth)
  2. to nibble
  3. to chew, to crunch
Conjugation

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qarʃ/

Noun

قَرْش (qarš) m

  1. verbal noun of قَرَشَ (qaraša) (form I)

Etymology 2

From قَرَشَ (qaraša, to gnash, to grind (one's teeth)). Doubtfully from Ancient Greek καρχαρίας (karkharías, shark), from κάρχαρος (kárkharos, sharp, jagged), also present in Jewish Babylonian Aramaic כרשא (probably shark), Latin carcharias, carcharus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qirʃ/

Noun

قِرْش (qirš) m (plural قُرُوش (qurūš))

  1. shark

Declension

Etymology 3

Backformation from the plural, itself borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قروش (modern Turkish kuruş), from German Groschen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qirʃ/

Noun

قِرْش (qirš) m (plural قُرُوش (qurūš))

  1. qirsh; a currency denomination used in the Ottoman Empire
  2. piaster, qursh, kurus; currency denominations used today in some former Ottoman countries
  3. groschen, groat, grosso; any of a number of defunct European currency units
  4. grosz; a currency denomination used in Poland (one hundredth of a złoty)

Declension

References

  • krš2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1886) Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, volume 40, page 187
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1904) Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, pages 87–88
  • Vollers, Karl (1896), “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 50, page 614
  • Vollers, Karl (1897), “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 51, page 301

Egyptian Arabic

Noun

قرش • (ʾerš) m

pl قروش (ʾorūš)
  1. shark
  2. piaster (one hundredth of an Egyptian pound)

Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡirʃ/, [ɡe̞ɾʃ], [ɡɪɾʃ]
قِرْش

Etymology 1

From Arabic قِرْش (qirš).

Noun

قِرْش • (girš) m

(plural قُروش ‎(gurūš))
  1. shark
قِرْش

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish قروش‎ (kuruş), from German Groschen, from Latin grossus.

Noun

قِرْش • (girš) m

(plural قُروش ‎(gurūš))
  1. coin
See also
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