क़स्साब

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /qəs.sɑːb/, [qɐs.säːb], /kəs.sɑːb/, [kɐs.säːb]

Noun

क़स्साब • (qassāb) m (Urdu spelling قصاب)

1. butcher

Related terms

• क़स्साब-ख़ाना (qassāb-xānā)
• क़स्साबी (qassābī)

 

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “qassaba”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “qassaba”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “kassaba”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha