ق ر یq-r-y
(ض) قَرٰى يَقْرِيْ قَرْيًاqarā yaqrī qaryan (original form: قَرَيَ يَقْرِيُqaraya yaqriyu): to collect (especially water in a cistern). (This verb is not used in the Quran.)
قَرْيَةٌqaryah pl. قُرًيqurany: a place where people gather and settle, a town, a city; sometimes it means the inhabitants of the town. ﴿وَاسْـَٔلِ الْقَرْيَةَ الَّتِيْ كُنَّا فِيْهَا﴾ (Yūsuf 12:82); «اُمُّ الْقُرٰىummu al-qurā»: the mother of towns, i.e. Mecca. ﴿لِتُنْذِرَ اُمَّ الْقُرٰى وَمَنْ حَوْلَهَا﴾ (Ash-Shūrā 42:7)