قرش
العربية
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قرش¹
- /qa.ra.ʃa/
- /qarʃ/
verb قَرَشَ · qaraša · يَقْرِشُ · يَقْرُشُ · قَرْش
- to gnash, to grind (one's teeth)
- to nibble
- to chew, to crunch
noun قَرْش · qarš
- verbal noun of قَرَشَ (qaraša) (form I)
قرش²
- /qirʃ/
Where it comes from
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.
noun قِرْش · qirš · قُرُوش · الْقِرْش
- shark
قرش³
- /qirʃ/
Where it comes from
Back-formation from the plural, itself borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قروش (modern Turkish kuruş), from German Groschen.
noun قِرْش · qirš · قُرُوش · الْقِرْش
- qirsh; a currency denomination used in the Ottoman Empire
- piaster, qursh, kurus; currency denominations used today in some former Ottoman countries
- groschen, groat, grosso; any of a number of defunct European currency units
- grosz; a currency denomination used in Poland (one hundredth of a złoty)
In English
Talk about this word "قرش." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%B4. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026. قرش. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%B4 "قرش." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 5, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%B4.Cite this
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title = {قرش},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%B4},
urldate = {2026-11-05}
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