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”)