قرش

From the root ق ر ش‎ (q-r-š).

• IPA^(key): /qa.ra.ʃa/

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

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• IPA^(key): /qarʃ/

قَرْش • (qarš) m

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From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). Doubtfully from Ancient Greek καρχαρίας (karkharías, “shark”), from κάρχαρος (kárkharos, “sharp, jagged”), also present in Jewish Babylonian Aramaic כרשא‎ (“probably shark”), Latin carcharias, carcharus.

• IPA^(key): /qirʃ/

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

1. shark

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Back-formation from the plural, itself borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قروش‎ (modern Turkish kuruş), from German Groschen.

• IPA^(key): /qirʃ/

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 (one hundredth of a złoty)

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• English: qursh, girsh; gursh; qirsh; qurush
• → Amharic: ቀርሽ (ḳarš), ቍርሽ (ḳʷurš)
• → Harari: ቀርሺ (ḳärši)
• → Sebat Bet Gurage: ቀርሺ (ḳärši)
• → Tigrinya: ቀርሺ (ḳärši), ቅርሺ (ḳərši), ቍርሽ (ḳʷurš), ግርሺ (gərši)
• → Tigre: ግርሽ (gərš), ቅርሽ (ḳərš), ገርሽ (garš), ቀርሽ (ḳarš)

• “krš²”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1886) Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎, volume 40, page 187
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1904) Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎ (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, pages 87–88
• Streck, Maximilian (1907), “Bemerkungen zu einigen arabischen Fischnamen”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 61, page 637
• Vollers, Karl (1896), “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 50, page 614
• Vollers, Karl (1897), “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 51, page 301

قرش • (ʾerš) m pl قروش‎ (ʔorūš)

1. shark
2. piaster (one hundredth of an Egyptian pound)

• IPA^(key): /ɡirʃ/, [ɡɪɾʃ]

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

1. shark

قِرْش

From Ottoman Turkish قروش‎ (kuruş), from German Groschen, from Latin grossus.

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

1. coin

• عُمْلة‎ (ʕumla, “currency”)

قرش (qariš)

1. Alternative spelling of كارش‎ (kāriš): you want
   • c. 1100, al-Aʕmā al-Tuṭīlī, Kharja A5 :[1]

     بر ڧي نو ڧرش ياللَّه متَّار

     bərqəy nū qariš bi-llāhi məttāri

     Why, by God, don't you want to kill [me]?

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• IPA^(key): /qirʃ/, [qirʃ]

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قرش • (qirš) m (plural قروش‎ (qrūš))

1. piastre, penny, cent (subdivision of a currency, usually one hundredth)