قصاب

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Aramaic קצבא / ܩܰܨܳܒܳܐ (qaṣṣābā, butcher). The verb قَصَبَ (qaṣaba, to cut up) and a root ق ص ب (q-ṣ-b) are from this noun.

Cognate with Hebrew קצב (katsáv).

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Noun[edit]

قَصَّاب (qaṣṣābm (plural قَصَّابُون (qaṣṣābūn))

  1. butcher, slaughterer
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Etymology 2[edit]

From قَصَب (qaṣab, reed).

Noun[edit]

قَصَّاب (qaṣṣābm (plural قَصَّابُون (qaṣṣābūn))

  1. reed pipe singer
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References[edit]

  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 258
  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “قصاب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 450
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “قصاب”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 747

Ottoman Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic قَصَّاب (qaṣṣāb, butcher).

Noun[edit]

قصاب (kasâb)

  1. butcher, a person who prepares and sells meat
    Synonym: جزار (cezzar)
  2. butcher, slaughterer, a brutal or indiscriminate killer

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Persian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic قَصَّاب (qaṣṣāb).

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Readings
Classical reading? qassāḇ
Dari reading? qassāb
Iranian reading? ğassâb
Tajik reading? qassob

Noun[edit]

Dari قصاب
Iranian Persian
Tajik қассоб

قصاب (qassâb) (plural قصاب‌ها (qassâb-hâ) or قصابان (qassâbân))

  1. butcher

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Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian قصاب (qassāb), from Arabic قَصَّاب (qaṣṣāb).

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Noun[edit]

قصاب (qassābm (Hindi spelling क़स्साब)

  1. butcher

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