قَرَارِىٌّ
Root: قر
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قَرَارِىٌّ
, from قَرَارٌ, because he who is so called remains in the dwellings, An inhabitant of a region, district, or tract, of cities, towns, or villages, and of cultivated land, who does not go in search of pasture: a tailor: a butcher: or any workman or artificer. The vulgar use it in the present day as an intensive epithet; saying خَيَّاط قَرَارِى, and نَجَّار
قَرَارِى, meaning a clever tailor, and a clever carpenter; and in like manner, قِرْقَارِى.
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