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قرش

قرش

See also: فرس, فرش, and ف ر س

Arabic

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

Noun

قَرْش (qarš) m

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

Etymology 2

From قَرَشَ (qaraša, to gnash, to grind (one's teeth)).

Noun

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

  1. shark

Declension

Etymology 3

Borrowing from Ottoman Turkish قروش (modern Turkish kuruş), from German Groschen.

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 (1/100th of a złoty)

Declension


Egyptian Arabic

Noun

قرش (ʾerš) m pl قروش (ʾorūš)

  1. shark
  2. piaster (1/100th of an Egyptian pound)

Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /girʃ/, [ge̞ɾʃ], [gɪɾʃ]
قِرْش

Etymology 1

From Arabic قِرْش (qirš).

Noun

قِرْش (girš) m (plural قُروش ‎(gurūš))

  1. shark
قِرْش

Etymology 2

From Turkish kuruş, from German Groschen, from Latin grossus.

Noun

قِرْش (girš) m (plural قُروش ‎(gurūš))

  1. coin
See also
  • عُمْلة (ʿumla, currency)