خوري

Arabic

Etymology

From Latin curio (“priest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xuː.rijj/

Noun

خُورِيّ • (ḵūriyy) m (plural خَوَارِنَة (ḵawārina))

1. (Christianity) priest, curate, parson

Declension

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خُورِي ḵūrī	الْخُورِي al-ḵūrī	خُورِي ḵūrī
Nominative	خُورِيٌّ ḵūriyyun	الْخُورِيُّ al-ḵūriyyu	خُورِيُّ ḵūriyyu
Accusative	خُورِيًّا ḵūriyyan	الْخُورِيَّ al-ḵūriyya	خُورِيَّ ḵūriyya
Genitive	خُورِيٍّ ḵūriyyin	الْخُورِيِّ al-ḵūriyyi	خُورِيِّ ḵūriyyi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خُورِيَّيْن ḵūriyyayn	الْخُورِيَّيْن al-ḵūriyyayn	خُورِيَّيْ ḵūriyyay
Nominative	خُورِيَّانِ ḵūriyyāni	الْخُورِيَّانِ al-ḵūriyyāni	خُورِيَّا ḵūriyyā
Accusative	خُورِيَّيْنِ ḵūriyyayni	الْخُورِيَّيْنِ al-ḵūriyyayni	خُورِيَّيْ ḵūriyyay
Genitive	خُورِيَّيْنِ ḵūriyyayni	الْخُورِيَّيْنِ al-ḵūriyyayni	خُورِيَّيْ ḵūriyyay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خَوَارِنَة ḵawārina	الْخَوَارِنَة al-ḵawārina	خَوَارِنَة ḵawārinat
Nominative	خَوَارِنَةٌ ḵawārinatun	الْخَوَارِنَةُ al-ḵawārinatu	خَوَارِنَةُ ḵawārinatu
Accusative	خَوَارِنَةً ḵawārinatan	الْخَوَارِنَةَ al-ḵawārinata	خَوَارِنَةَ ḵawārinata
Genitive	خَوَارِنَةٍ ḵawārinatin	الْخَوَارِنَةِ al-ḵawārinati	خَوَارِنَةِ ḵawārinati

Declension of noun خُورِيّ (ḵūriyy)

Proper noun

خُورِيّ • (ḵūriyy) ?

1. a surname

Declension

Singular	basic singular diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	خُورِي ḵūrī	—
Nominative	—	خُورِيُّ ḵūriyyu	—
Accusative	—	خُورِيَّ ḵūriyya	—
Genitive	—	خُورِيَّ ḵūriyya	—

Declension of noun خُورِيّ (ḵūriyy)

Statistics

• As of 2016, خوري was the most common surname in Lebanon.^[1]

References

1. Khalife, Leyal (2016) “These are the Arab world's most common family names… / Is your family name on the list?”, in Step Feed‎

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “خوري”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Latin curio (priest).

Noun

خُورِي • (ḵūri) m (plural خَوَارنَة (ḵawārne))

1. priest