هري

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian mẖr (“store-house, granary”), Coptic ⲁϩⲟⲣ (ahor, “store-house, granary”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hurj/, /hu.rijj/

Noun

هُرْي or هُرِيّ • (hury or huriyy) m

  1. storehouse, granary
    • a. 1964, بدر شاكر السياب‎ [Badr Šākir as-Sayyāb], أمام باب الله [Before God’s Door]‎:
      ‏لا أبتغي من الحياة غير ما لديَّ: … الهري بالغلال يزحم الظلام في مداه،‎‎
      I don’t want such a life upon me … a granary full of supplies pressing darkness in its expanse

Declension
Declension of noun هُرْي‎ (hury)‎; هُرِيّ‎ (huriyy)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal هُرْي‎‎; هُرِي‎
hury‎; hurī		 الْهُرْي‎‎; الْهُرِي‎
al-hury‎; al-hurī		 هُرْي‎‎; هُرِي‎
hury‎; hurī
Nominative هُرْيٌ‎‎; هُرِيٌّ‎
huryun‎; huriyyun		 الْهُرْيُ‎‎; الْهُرِيُّ‎
al-huryu‎; al-huriyyu		 هُرْيُ‎‎; هُرِيُّ‎
huryu‎; huriyyu
Accusative هُرْيًا‎‎; هُرِيًّا‎
huryan‎; huriyyan		 الْهُرْيَ‎‎; الْهُرِيَّ‎
al-hurya‎; al-huriyya		 هُرْيَ‎‎; هُرِيَّ‎
hurya‎; huriyya
Genitive هُرْيٍ‎‎; هُرِيٍّ‎
huryin‎; huriyyin		 الْهُرْيِ‎‎; الْهُرِيِّ‎
al-huryi‎; al-huriyyi		 هُرْيِ‎‎; هُرِيِّ‎
huryi‎; huriyyi

Descendants
  • → Aragonese: alborín, alforí, algurín, algorín, alguarín, aguarín, alforís, algorís, algorí, algorín, algorio, argorio
  • → Asturian: alfolín
  • → Catalan: alforí
  • → Spanish: alfolí, alholí, alholía, alhorí, alhorín, alforiz, alforín, algorín, ajorí, anjorí, alforí
  • → Portuguese: alfolim, alfonim

References
  • Corriente, Federico; Pereira, Christophe; Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017) Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, page 1313
  • Corriente, Federico (2008), “alborín”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 67

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic هُرْي‎ (hury).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hriː/

Noun

هري • (hrī) m (plural هريات‎ (hriyyāt))

  1. convenience store
    ‏سير شري النعناع من الهري.‎‎
    sīr šrī n-naʕnāʕ min le-hrī
    Go buy some mint from the convenience store.
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