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qari

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

One who recites the Qur'an according to the tajwid, or proper rules of recitation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَارِئ (qāriʔ, “reader”).

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قَارِئ (qāriʔ) — (Islam) one who recites the Qur'an according to the tajwid, or proper rules of recitation
  • Arabic: قَارِئَة (qāriʔa) — (Islam) one who recites the Qur'an according to the tajwid, or proper rules of recitation
  • Azerbaijani: qari — (Islam) one who recites the Qur'an according to the tajwid, or proper rules of recitation
  • Bashkir: ҡарый (qarıy) — (Islam) one who recites the Qur'an according to the tajwid, or proper rules of recitation
  • Bengali: ক্বারী (kari) — (Islam) one who recites the Qur'an according to the tajwid, or proper rules of recitation
  • Hindi: क़ारी (qārī) — (Islam) one who recites the Qur'an according to the tajwid, or proper rules of recitation
  • Indonesian: qari — (Islam) one who recites the Qur'an according to the tajwid, or proper rules of recitation
  • Kazakh: қари (qari) — (Islam) one who recites the Qur'an according to the tajwid, or proper rules of recitation
  • Malay: qari — (Islam) one who recites the Qur'an according to the tajwid, or proper rules of recitation
  • Pashto: قاري (qārí) — (Islam) one who recites the Qur'an according to the tajwid, or proper rules of recitation
  • Persian: قَارِی (qārī) — (Islam) one who recites the Qur'an according to the tajwid, or proper rules of recitation
  • Dari: قَارِی (qārī) — (Islam) one who recites the Qur'an according to the tajwid, or proper rules of recitation
  • Iranian Persian: قاری (ġâri) — (Islam) one who recites the Qur'an according to the tajwid, or proper rules of recitation
  • Polish: kari — (Islam) one who recites the Qur'an according to the tajwid, or proper rules of recitation
  • Russian: ка́ри (kári) — (Islam) one who recites the Qur'an according to the tajwid, or proper rules of recitation
  • Tajik: қорӣ (qori) — (Islam) one who recites the Qur'an according to the tajwid, or proper rules of recitation
  • Turkish: kari — (Islam) one who recites the Qur'an according to the tajwid, or proper rules of recitation
  • Ottoman Turkish: قاری (kari) — (Islam) one who recites the Qur'an according to the tajwid, or proper rules of recitation
  • Turkmen: kary — (Islam) one who recites the Qur'an according to the tajwid, or proper rules of recitation
  • Ukrainian: ка́рі (kári) — (Islam) one who recites the Qur'an according to the tajwid, or proper rules of recitation
  • Urdu: قاری (qārī) — (Islam) one who recites the Qur'an according to the tajwid, or proper rules of recitation
  • Uzbek: qori — (Islam) one who recites the Qur'an according to the tajwid, or proper rules of recitation