قمري

See also: قمری

Arabic

Etymology 1

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of قَمَر (qamar, “moon”) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Adjective

قَمَرِيّ • (qamariyy) (feminine قَمَرِيَّة (qamariyya), masculine plural قَمَرِيُّونَ (qamariyyūna), feminine plural قَمَرِيَّات (qamariyyāt))

1. lunar

Declension

Declension of adjective قَمَرِيّ (qamariyy)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	قَمَرِي qamarī	الْقَمَرِي al-qamarī	قَمَرِيَّة qamariyya	الْقَمَرِيَّة al-qamariyya
Nominative	قَمَرِيٌّ qamariyyun	الْقَمَرِيُّ al-qamariyyu	قَمَرِيَّةٌ qamariyyatun	الْقَمَرِيَّةُ al-qamariyyatu
Accusative	قَمَرِيًّا qamariyyan	الْقَمَرِيَّ al-qamariyya	قَمَرِيَّةً qamariyyatan	الْقَمَرِيَّةَ al-qamariyyata
Genitive	قَمَرِيٍّ qamariyyin	الْقَمَرِيِّ al-qamariyyi	قَمَرِيَّةٍ qamariyyatin	الْقَمَرِيَّةِ al-qamariyyati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	قَمَرِيَّيْن qamariyyayn	الْقَمَرِيَّيْن al-qamariyyayn	قَمَرِيَّتَيْن qamariyyatayn	الْقَمَرِيَّتَيْن al-qamariyyatayn
Nominative	قَمَرِيَّانِ qamariyyāni	الْقَمَرِيَّانِ al-qamariyyāni	قَمَرِيَّتَانِ qamariyyatāni	الْقَمَرِيَّتَانِ al-qamariyyatāni
Accusative	قَمَرِيَّيْنِ qamariyyayni	الْقَمَرِيَّيْنِ al-qamariyyayni	قَمَرِيَّتَيْنِ qamariyyatayni	الْقَمَرِيَّتَيْنِ al-qamariyyatayni
Genitive	قَمَرِيَّيْنِ qamariyyayni	الْقَمَرِيَّيْنِ al-qamariyyayni	قَمَرِيَّتَيْنِ qamariyyatayni	الْقَمَرِيَّتَيْنِ al-qamariyyatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	قَمَرِيِّين qamariyyīn	الْقَمَرِيِّين al-qamariyyīn	قَمَرِيَّات qamariyyāt	الْقَمَرِيَّات al-qamariyyāt
Nominative	قَمَرِيُّونَ qamariyyūna	الْقَمَرِيُّونَ al-qamariyyūna	قَمَرِيَّاتٌ qamariyyātun	الْقَمَرِيَّاتُ al-qamariyyātu
Accusative	قَمَرِيِّينَ qamariyyīna	الْقَمَرِيِّينَ al-qamariyyīna	قَمَرِيَّاتٍ qamariyyātin	الْقَمَرِيَّاتِ al-qamariyyāti
Genitive	قَمَرِيِّينَ qamariyyīna	الْقَمَرِيِّينَ al-qamariyyīna	قَمَرِيَّاتٍ qamariyyātin	الْقَمَرِيَّاتِ al-qamariyyāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: qəməri
• → Persian: قمری (qamari)
• → Ottoman Turkish: قمری (kamerî)
  • Turkish: kamerî

Etymology 2

From قَمَر (qamar, “moon”) owing to its “lunatic” character.

Noun

قُمْرِيّ • (qumriyy) m

1. laughing dove (Spilopelia senegalensis syn. Streptopelia senegalensis, and by extension other species of and the genus Streptopelia)

   Synonym: شِفْنِين (šifnīn)

   • a. 1283, Abū Yahyā Zakariyāʾ ibn Muhammad al-Qazwīnīy, edited by Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, عجائب المخلوقات وغرائب الموجودات [ʿajāʾib al-maḵlūqāt wa-ḡarāʾib al-mawjūdāt]‎^[1], Göttingen: Verlag der Dieterichschen Buchhandlung, published 1849, page 423:

Declension

Declension of noun قُمْرِيّ (qumriyy)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قُمْرِي qumrī	الْقُمْرِي al-qumrī	قُمْرِي qumrī
Nominative	قُمْرِيٌّ qumriyyun	الْقُمْرِيُّ al-qumriyyu	قُمْرِيُّ qumriyyu
Accusative	قُمْرِيًّا qumriyyan	الْقُمْرِيَّ al-qumriyya	قُمْرِيَّ qumriyya
Genitive	قُمْرِيٍّ qumriyyin	الْقُمْرِيِّ al-qumriyyi	قُمْرِيِّ qumriyyi

Descendants

• → Persian: قمری (qomri)
• → Old Anatolian Turkish:
  • Azerbaijani: qumru
  • Ottoman Turkish: قمری (kumru), قومری (kumru)
    • Turkish: kumru

Etymology 3

Verb

قَمِّرِي • (qammirī) (form II) /qam.mi.riː/

1. second-person feminine singular imperative of قَمَّرَ (qammara)

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “قمري”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[2] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 404a
• Jacob, Georg (1892) Studien in arabischen Geographen‎^[3] (in German), volume 3, Berlin: Meyer & Müller, page 105