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qere

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Aramaic קְרֵי (qərê).

Noun

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qere (plural qeres)

  1. In the liturgical use of the Tanakh, a spoken reading that diverges from the written word (the ketiv); an indication of such a reading.

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed via Vulgar Latin from Latin cariēs (rot).[1][2]

Noun

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qere f (plural qere, definite qerja, definite plural qeret)

  1. scalp ringworm (Tinea capitis)
  2. baldness

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “qere”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 357
  2. ^ Guillaume Bonnet, Les mots latins de l’albanais (Paris: L’Harmattan, 1999), 290–1.