قصائی

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian قصاب (qassâb), from Arabic قَصَّاب (qaṣṣāb).

Pronunciation

Noun

قَصائی (qasāīm (Hindi spelling क़साई)

  1. a butcher
  2. a merciless person; brute; beast
  3. son of a butcher

Declension

Declension of قصائی
singular plural
direct قَصائی (qasāī) قَصائی (qasāī)
oblique قَصائی (qasāī) قَصائیوں (qasāiyō̃)
vocative قَصائی (qasāī) قَصائیو (qasāiyō)

Descendants

  • Tamil: கஸாயி (kasāyi)

References

  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “قصائی”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.