كرسي

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كرسي

/kur.sijj/

Where it comes from

Deemed with such a shape borrowed from Aramaic כּוּרְסְיָא / ܟܘܪܣܝܐ (kursəyā). Compare Biblical Hebrew כִּסֵּא (kisséʔ), Ugaritic 𐎋𐎒𐎜 (ksủ /⁠kussīʾu⁠/) and Akkadian 𒄑𒄖𒍝 (kussûm). Ultimately from Sumerian 𒄑𒄖𒍝 (^(g̃eš)gu-za /⁠guza⁠/, “chair”).

noun كُرْسِيّ · kursiyy · karāsiyy · كَرَاسِي · كُرْسِي · الْكُرْسِي

chair, seat
seating
throne وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ
Similar: عَرْش
uppercase capital of a column, chapiter
chair for lectures, lectern, pulpit, cathedra, a kind of desk upon which a document is placed
pillar of a bridge
gun carriage, the mounting of a mangonel
Similar: قَنْدَاق

In English

throne ornate seat
chair furniture
armchair chair with supports for the arms or elbows
gun carriage metal frame on which a piece of ordnance is mounted for firing or transportation

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"كرسي." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {كرسي},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}