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كرسي

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Arabic

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Root
ك ر س (k r s)
5 terms

Etymology

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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 (g̃ešgu-za /⁠guza⁠/, chair).

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Noun

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كُرْسِيّ (kursiyym (plural كَرَاسِيّ (karāsiyy) or كَرَاسٍ (karāsin))

  1. chair, seat
  2. seating
  3. throne
    Synonym: عَرْش (ʕarš)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:255:
      وَسِعَ كُرْسِيُّهُ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ
      wasiʕa kursiyyuhu s-samāwāti wa-l-ʔarḍa
      His throne extends over the heavens and the earth
  4. capital of a column, chapiter
  5. chair for lectures, lectern, pulpit, cathedra, a kind of desk upon which a document is placed
  6. pillar of a bridge
  7. gun carriage, the mounting of a mangonel
    Synonym: (later) قَنْدَاق (qandāq)

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References

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  • Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 1098
  • Fleischer, Heinrich Leberecht (1885) Kleinere Schriften[2] (in German), volume 1, Leipzig: S. Hirzel, pages 181–182
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis[3] (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 22
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1875) Mandäische Grammatik[4] (in German), Halle: Verlag der Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, page 128
  • Ullmann, Manfred (1959–1970) Wörterbuch der klassischen arabischen Sprache. Band I (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, pages 126b–127b

Egyptian Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic كُرْسِيّ (kursiyy).

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Noun

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كرسي (kursim (plural كراسي (karāsi))

  1. chair, seat

Moroccan Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic كُرْسِيّ (kursiyy).

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  • IPA(key): /kur.si/
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Noun

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كرسي (kursim (plural كراسي (krāsi) or كراسة (krāsa))

  1. chair
    Synonym: شلية (šalya)

South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic كُرْسِيّ (kursiyy).

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Noun

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كرسي (kursim (plural كراسي (karāsi))

  1. chair