1. city, town — Aramaic feminine noun קִרְיָה (qiryah) meaning 'city' or 'town,' cognate with Hebrew קִרְיָה. Used both in absolute/construct state ('city,' 'city of') and with prepositions ('in city of'). Eng 'city / and city / in city of,' Spa 'ciudad / en ciudad de,' Hin 'नगर / नगरों में,' Arb 'الْمَدِينَةُ / فِي مُدُنِ,' Kor '성읍,' Swa 'mji / katika mji.' The prepositional form does not represent a distinct sense; all occurrences refer to the same concept of an inhabited urban settlement. 9×
AR["الْمَدِينَةَ","الْمَدِينَةُ","فِي-مُدُنِ","مَدِينَةٌ","وَ-الْمَدِينَةُ"]·ben["-নগরে","আর-নগর","নগর"]·DE["Stadt","in-Stadt","und-Stadt"]·EN["and-city","city","in-city-of"]·FR["et-la-ville","la-ville","ville"]·heb["ב-קריה","ו-קריתא","קריא","קריתא"]·HI["और-नगर","नगर","नगरों-में"]·ID["dan-kota","di-kota-kota","kota"]·IT["città","e-la-città","la-città"]·jav["Samaria","kang-kutha","kang-mbalela","lan-kang-awon","lan-kang-kutha","punika"]·KO["그-성음","그-성읍","그리고-그-성음","성읍","에-성읍"]·PT["a-cidade","cidade","e-a-cidade","na-cidade-de"]·RU["в-городе","город","и-город"]·ES["ciudad","en-ciudad-de","y-ciudad"]·SW["katika-mji","mji","na-mji"]·TR["sehir","sehri","sehrinde","ve-sehir"]·urd["اور-شہر","بِ-شہر","شہر"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† קִרְיָה -ָא, n.f. city (𝔗 Syriac; S-C A 9 + קריה; v. BH, √ קרה; also Nö Beitr. 62);—abs. ה—ָ Ezr 4:10, א—ָ v 15; emph. קִרְיְתָא v 12, 13, 15(×2), 16, 19, 21