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كُورِيّ
Korean /kuːˈrijj/
adjectiveB2#3113 most common
Also: of Korea, South/North Korean
Example sentences
هُوَ كُورِيٌّ.
He is Korean.
صَدِيقَتِي كُورِيَّةٌ.
My friend (f.) is Korean.
أَنَا أُحِبُّ الطَّعَامَ الكُورِيَّ.
I like Korean food.
تَعَلَّمْتُ اللُّغَةَ الكُورِيَّةَ فِي الجَامِعَةِ.
I learned Korean at university.
اِزْدَادَتْ شَعْبِيَّةُ المُسَلْسَلَاتِ الكُورِيَّةِ بِشَكْلٍ كَبِيرٍ فِي السَّنَوَاتِ الأَخِيرَةِ.
The popularity of Korean dramas has grown greatly in recent years.
يُعَدُّ الاقْتِصَادُ الكُورِيُّ الجَنُوبِيُّ نَمُوذَجًا يُحْتَذَى بِهِ فِي التَّحَوُّلِ مِنَ الفَقْرِ إِلَى الازْدِهَارِ الصِّنَاعِيِّ خِلَالَ عُقُودٍ قَلِيلَةٍ.
The South Korean economy is seen as a model for the shift from poverty to industrial prosperity within a few decades.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | كُورِيٌّ | كُورِيُّونَ |
| Genitive | كُورِيٍّ | كُورِيِّينَ |
| Accusative | كُورِيًّا | كُورِيِّينَ |
| Vocative | يَا كُورِيُّ | يَا كُورِيُّونَ |
Word family
كورياKorea
كُورِيَّةKorean (f.); also 'the Korean language'
كوريونKoreans (people)
كوريا الجنوبيةSouth Korea
كوريا الشماليةNorth Korea
Etymology
The word starts from كوريا (Kūriyā), the Arabic name for Korea, itself borrowed from the Western name Korea. Arabic then adds the nisba suffix ـيّ to the place name to form the adjective 'Korean'. This is a modern loan-based coinage, not a native Semitic root, so it carries no deeper Arabic etymology beyond the borrowing.
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