خوري

Arabic

Etymology

From Latin curia. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xuː.rijj/

Noun

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

  1. parson, curate, priest

Declension

Proper noun

خُورِيّ (ḵūriyy) ?

  1. a surname

Declension

Statistics

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

References

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