qarı

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic гары
Roman qarı
Perso-Arabic قاری

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kạrï, whence also Azerbaijani qart (old).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɑrɯ/
  • Hyphenation: qa‧rı

Noun

qarı (definite accusative qarını, plural qarılar)

  1. old woman, old lady, crone
    • (Can we date this quote?) Gülzar İbrahimova:
      Oğlanları getdilər dincəlməyə, qarı da süfrəni yığışdırıb getdi qonşusu Sənəm qarı ilə söhbət eləməyə.
      Her boys went to take a rest, and after having cleared away, the old woman went to have a chat with her neighbor, an old woman [named] Sənəm.

Declension

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