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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian قسم (qasam), from Arabic قَسَم (qasam). Compare Bengali কসম (qôsom), Punjabi ਕ਼ਸਮ (qasam).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /qə.səm/, , /kə.səm/,
Noun
क़सम • (qasam) f (Urdu spelling قسم)
- oath, swearing
- Synonyms: शपथ (śapath), सौंह (sa͠uh), सौगंद (saugand)
- क़सम खाना ― qasam khānā ― to swear, take an oath
यह है तो सच पर मैं क़सम खाकर नहीं कह सकता।- yah hai to sac par ma͠i qasam khākar nahī̃ kah saktā.
- Of course it is true, but I cannot swear to it.
Declension
Declension of क़सम (fem cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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क़सम
qasam
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क़समें
qasamẽ
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| oblique
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क़सम
qasam
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क़समों
qasamõ
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| vocative
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क़सम
qasam
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क़समो
qasamo
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References
- Platts, John T. (1884) “क़सम”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.