क़िस्सा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قِصَّة (qiṣṣa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /qɪs.sɑː/, [qɪs.säː], /kɪs.sɑː/, [kɪs.säː]

Noun

क़िस्सा • (qissā) m (Urdu spelling قصہ)

1. story, tale; account

   Synonyms: कहानी (kahānī), दास्तान (dāstān)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “क़िस्सा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 194