قرية

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قرية^¹

/qar.ja/

Where it comes from

From Proto-West Semitic, possibly from a verbal root related to meeting and gathering (cf. Ugaritic 𐎖𐎗𐎊 (qry))

Cognate with Biblical Hebrew קִרְיָה (qiryāh, “complex, city, town”), Classical Syriac ܩܪܝܬܐ (qərīṯā, “town, village”), Ugaritic 𐎖𐎗𐎊𐎚 (qryt, “city, town”) and Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕 (qrt, “city, town”). The genetic relationship with Oromo goorroo (“wall”), Somali guri (“dwelling, house”) and Hausa gari (“town”) is improbable.

noun قَرْيَة · qarya · قُرَى · الْقَرْيَة

countable any populated area or the community thereof
Similar: مِصْر
countable an urban area or community (such as a town or a city)
Arabic, Modern, Standard, countable a rural area or community (such as a village), a hamlet هٰؤُلَاءِ الْفَلَّاحُونَ هُم مِنْ تِلْكَ الْقَرْيَةِ الْمِصْرِيَّةِ الْكَبِيرَةِ.

قرية^²

/qa.rij.ja/

noun قَرِيَّة · qariyya · قَرْيَة · الْقَرْيَة · قَرْيَةٌ

countable, obsolete staff, cane, pole, yard
countable, obsolete yard of a ship

In English

town settlement
village a rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {قرية},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}