# قرا
## Arabic
### Verb

قَرَا • (qarā) I (non-past يَقْرُو (yaqrū), verbal noun قَرْو (qarw))
* (transitive) to peragrate, to travel through, to traverse, to follow up with perseverance

#### Conjugation
### Noun

قَرًا • (qaran) m (plural أَقْرَاء (ʔaqrāʔ))
* back, dorsum

#### Declension
## Chagatai
### Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kara (“black”).

### Adjective

قرا (transliteration needed)
* black

#### Derived terms

* كونكلى قرا (“mean [black-hearted]”)

#### Descendants

* Uzbek: qora
* Uyghur: قارا (qara)

## Egyptian Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic قَرَأَ (qaraʔa).

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

### Verb

قرا • (ʔara) I (non-past يقرا (yiʔra))
* to read

#### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Gulf Arabic
### Alternative forms

* گرا

### Etymology

From Arabic قَرَأَ (qaraʔa), with fronting of /q/ to /g/ and elision of the final hamza.

### Pronunciation

* (Kuwait) IPA: /ɡɪrə/, IPA: /ɡərə/

### Verb

قرا • (gɪrə or gərə)
* to read
    الاستاذ قرا الدرس وايد بسرعة، ما فهمت منه ولا شي!The teacher read the lesson so fast [that] I did not understand anything from it!

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic قَرَأَ (qaraʔa, “to read”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡara/

### Verb

قرا • (gara) I (non-past يقرا (yigra))
* to read
    Synonyms: قري (giri), (classicized form) قرأ (garaʼ)
    قريت الكتاب ― garēt al-kitāb ― I read the book

#### Usage notes

Speakers alternate between the past forms for the verb "to read" قري (giri) and قرا (gara), while the present and imperative are the same for both forms. the classicized form with the final hamza قرأ (garaʼ) is also used.

#### Conjugation
## Moroccan Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic قَرَأَ (qaraʔa).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qra/

#### Verb

قرا • (qra) I (non-past يِقرا (yiqra) or يَقرا (yaqra))
* to read
* to study

##### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.
This verb needs an inflection-table template.

### Etymology 2

From Arabic قَرَّأَ (qarraʔa).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /qar.ra/

#### Verb

قرا • (qarra) II (non-past يقري (yqarri))
* to teach
    Synonym: علم (ʕallam)

##### Conjugation
## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

قرا • (kara)
* alternative spelling of قره (kara)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic قُرَّاء (qurrāʔ).

#### Noun

قُرّا • (kurrâ)
* plural of قاری (kârî)

#### Further reading

* Lehçe-i Osmani
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قاری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1413

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

قرا • (kurâ)
* Alternative form of قری (kurâ)

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قُرَّاء (qurrāʔ).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [quɾ.ˈɾɑː]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [qʊr.rɑ́ː]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [qʊr.rɑ́ː]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [qʊr.rɑ́ː]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [qur.rɔ́ː]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [qoɹ.ɹɒ́ː]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [quɾ.ɾɔ́]

### Noun

قُرّا • (qorrâ)
* plural of قاری (qâri)

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic قرأ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Urban) /ʔa.ra/, [ˈʔʌ.rˤʌ]
* IPA: (Bedouin) /ɡa.ra/, [ˈɡʌ.rˤʌ]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

### Verb

قرا • (ʔara) I (present بقرا (biʔra))
* to read
    ايمتى كان آخر مرّة قريتلك كتاب؟emta kān āḵer marra ʔarēt-lak ktāb?When was the last time you read yourself a book?
    قريت افكاري.ʔarēt afkāri.You read my mind.(literally, “You read my thoughts.”)