قَرْيَة
qaryatin
a town
জনপদ
Learn it in lesson 21About this word
Noun (ism)Feminine (muʾannath)Root letters: ق ر ي
Singular & plural — as used in the Qur'an
- Singular (mufrad)قَرْيَةٍ36 times
- Dual (muthannā)ٱلْقَرْيَتَيْنِ1 times
Forms in the Qur'an
- قَرْيَةٍcityqaryatin · 12 times12 times
- ٱلْقُرَىٰ(of) the citiesl-qurā · 10 times10 times
- قَرْيَةٍۢa townshipqaryatin · 6 times6 times
- ٱلْقَرْيَةِ[the] townl-qaryati · 6 times6 times
- ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ(of) the citiesl-qurā · 5 times5 times
- ٱلْقَرْيَةَtownl-qaryata · 3 times3 times
Examples from the Qur'an
And it is prohibited to [the people of] a city which We have destroyed that they will [ever] return
And if We had willed, We could have sent into every city a warner.
And We did not destroy any city except that it had warners