क़सम

See also: कसम and क़िस्म

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قسم (qasam), from Arabic قَسَم (qasam). Compare Bengali কসম (qôsom), Punjabi ਕਸਮ (kasam).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /qə.səm/, [qɐ.sɐ̃m], /kə.səm/, [kɐ.sɐ̃m]

Noun

क़सम • (qasam) f (Urdu spelling قسم)

1. oath, swearing

   Synonyms: शपथ (śapath), सौंह (sa͠uh), सौगंद (saugand)

   क़सम खाना ― qasam khānā ― to swear, take an oath

   यह है तो सच पर मैं क़सम खाकर नहीं कह सकता।

   yah hai to sac par ma͠i qasam khākar nahī̃ kah saktā.

   Of course it is true, but I cannot swear to it.

Declension

Declension of क़सम (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	क़सम qasam	क़समें qasamẽ
oblique	क़सम qasam	क़समों qasamõ
vocative	क़सम qasam	क़समो qasamo

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “क़सम”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.