قصاب

Arabic

Etymology 1

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qasˤ.sˤaːb/

Noun

قَصَّاب • (qaṣṣāb) m (plural قَصَّابُون (qaṣṣābūn))

1. butcher, slaughterer

Declension

Declension of noun قَصَّاب (qaṣṣāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَصَّاب qaṣṣāb	الْقَصَّاب al-qaṣṣāb	قَصَّاب qaṣṣāb
Nominative	قَصَّابٌ qaṣṣābun	الْقَصَّابُ al-qaṣṣābu	قَصَّابُ qaṣṣābu
Accusative	قَصَّابًا qaṣṣāban	الْقَصَّابَ al-qaṣṣāba	قَصَّابَ qaṣṣāba
Genitive	قَصَّابٍ qaṣṣābin	الْقَصَّابِ al-qaṣṣābi	قَصَّابِ qaṣṣābi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَصَّابَيْن qaṣṣābayn	الْقَصَّابَيْن al-qaṣṣābayn	قَصَّابَيْ qaṣṣābay
Nominative	قَصَّابَانِ qaṣṣābāni	الْقَصَّابَانِ al-qaṣṣābāni	قَصَّابَا qaṣṣābā
Accusative	قَصَّابَيْنِ qaṣṣābayni	الْقَصَّابَيْنِ al-qaṣṣābayni	قَصَّابَيْ qaṣṣābay
Genitive	قَصَّابَيْنِ qaṣṣābayni	الْقَصَّابَيْنِ al-qaṣṣābayni	قَصَّابَيْ qaṣṣābay
Plural	sound masculine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَصَّابِين qaṣṣābīn	الْقَصَّابِين al-qaṣṣābīn	قَصَّابِي qaṣṣābī
Nominative	قَصَّابُونَ qaṣṣābūna	الْقَصَّابُونَ al-qaṣṣābūna	قَصَّابُو qaṣṣābū
Accusative	قَصَّابِينَ qaṣṣābīna	الْقَصَّابِينَ al-qaṣṣābīna	قَصَّابِي qaṣṣābī
Genitive	قَصَّابِينَ qaṣṣābīna	الْقَصَّابِينَ al-qaṣṣābīna	قَصَّابِي qaṣṣābī

Synonyms

• جَزّار (jazzār)
• لَحّام (laḥḥām)

Descendants

• → Georgian: ყასაბი (q̇asabi)
• → Kurdish:
  • Northern Kurdish: qesab
  • Central Kurdish: قەساب (qesab)
• → Middle Armenian: ղասապ (ġasap)
  • Armenian: ղասաբ (ġasab), խասապ (xasap), կասաբ (kasab) (in some dialects via Ottoman Turkish)
• → Ottoman Turkish: قصاب (kassâb)
  • → Turkish: kasap
  • → Albanian: kasap
  • → Bulgarian: касапин (kasapin)
  • → Crimean Tatar: qasap
  • → Greek: χασάπης (chasápis)
  • → Hungarian: kaszab
  • → Kazakh: қасап (qasap)
  • → Ladino: קאסאפּ, ḳasap
  • → Macedonian: касап (kasap), касапин (kasapin)
  • → Romanian: casap
  • → Serbo-Croatian: kàsapin / Serbo-Croatian: ка̀сапин
• → Persian: قصاب (qassâb)
  • → Kyrgyz: касап (kasap)
  • → Urdu: قصاب (qassāb)

Etymology 2

From قَصَب (qaṣab, “reed”).

Noun

قَصَّاب • (qaṣṣāb) m (plural قَصَّابُون (qaṣṣābūn))

1. reed pipe singer

Declension

Declension of noun قَصَّاب (qaṣṣāb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَصَّاب qaṣṣāb	الْقَصَّاب al-qaṣṣāb	قَصَّاب qaṣṣāb
Nominative	قَصَّابٌ qaṣṣābun	الْقَصَّابُ al-qaṣṣābu	قَصَّابُ qaṣṣābu
Accusative	قَصَّابًا qaṣṣāban	الْقَصَّابَ al-qaṣṣāba	قَصَّابَ qaṣṣāba
Genitive	قَصَّابٍ qaṣṣābin	الْقَصَّابِ al-qaṣṣābi	قَصَّابِ qaṣṣābi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَصَّابَيْن qaṣṣābayn	الْقَصَّابَيْن al-qaṣṣābayn	قَصَّابَيْ qaṣṣābay
Nominative	قَصَّابَانِ qaṣṣābāni	الْقَصَّابَانِ al-qaṣṣābāni	قَصَّابَا qaṣṣābā
Accusative	قَصَّابَيْنِ qaṣṣābayni	الْقَصَّابَيْنِ al-qaṣṣābayni	قَصَّابَيْ qaṣṣābay
Genitive	قَصَّابَيْنِ qaṣṣābayni	الْقَصَّابَيْنِ al-qaṣṣābayni	قَصَّابَيْ qaṣṣābay
Plural	sound masculine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَصَّابِين qaṣṣābīn	الْقَصَّابِين al-qaṣṣābīn	قَصَّابِي qaṣṣābī
Nominative	قَصَّابُونَ qaṣṣābūna	الْقَصَّابُونَ al-qaṣṣābūna	قَصَّابُو qaṣṣābū
Accusative	قَصَّابِينَ qaṣṣābīna	الْقَصَّابِينَ al-qaṣṣābīna	قَصَّابِي qaṣṣābī
Genitive	قَصَّابِينَ qaṣṣābīna	الْقَصَّابِينَ al-qaṣṣābīna	قَصَّابِي qaṣṣābī

References

• 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 C^ie, page 747

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic قَصَّاب (qaṣṣāb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɢæsˈsɒːb]
• IPA^(key): [qæsˈsɒːb]

Noun

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

1. butcher

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Urdu

Etymology

From Persian قصاب, from Arabic قَصَّاب (qaṣṣāb).

Noun

قصاب • (qassāb) m

1. butcher

Synonyms

• قصائی
• بدھک
• بوچڑ