قصاب

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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.

    Cognate with Hebrew קצב (katsáv).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    قَصَّاب (qaṣṣābm (plural قَصَّابُون (qaṣṣābūn))

    1. butcher, slaughterer
    Declension
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    Descendants

    Etymology 2

    From قَصَب (qaṣab, reed).

    Noun

    قَصَّاب (qaṣṣābm (plural قَصَّابُون (qaṣṣābūn))

    1. reed pipe singer
    Declension

    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 (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 (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 747

    Ottoman Turkish

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Arabic قَصَّاب (qaṣṣāb).

      Noun

      قصاب (kasâb)

      1. butcher, a person who prepares and sells meat
        Synonym: جزار (cezzar)
      2. butcher, slaughterer, a brutal or indiscriminate killer

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      Further reading

      Persian

      Etymology

        Borrowed from Arabic قَصَّاب (qaṣṣāb).

        Pronunciation

        Readings
        Classical reading? qassāḇ
        Dari reading? qassāb
        Iranian reading? ğassâb
        Tajik reading? qassob

        Noun

        Dari قصاب
        Iranian Persian
        Tajik қассоб

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

        1. butcher

        Descendants

        Urdu

        Etymology

          Borrowed from Classical Persian قَصَّاب (qassāb).

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          قصاب (qassābm (Hindi spelling क़स्साब)

          1. butcher

          Synonyms