کسان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Plural of Classical Persian کس (kas)

Noun

کسان • (kesan)

1. people

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “kesan”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “kesân”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎ [Ottoman–Turkish Encyclopedic Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 611

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit, from Sanskrit कृषाण (kṛṣāṇa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kɪ.sɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn

Noun

کِسان • (kisān) m (Hindi spelling किसान)

1. farmer, cultivator

   کسان اپنی فصل منڈی میں لاتے ہیں ― Farmers bring their yield to the market.

Declension

Declension of کسان

	singular	plural
direct	کسان (kisān)	کسان (kisān)
oblique	کسان (kisān)	کسانوں (kisānõ)
vocative	کسان (kisān)	کسانو (kisāno)

References

• “کسان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “کسان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.