क़िस्त

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Hindi

Etymology

    Borrowed from Classical Persian قِسْط (qist), borrowed from Arabic قِسْط (qisṭ).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • (Delhi) IPA(key): /qɪst̪/, /kɪst̪/
    • Hyphenation: क़िस्त
    • Rhymes: -st̪

    Noun

    क़िस्त (qistf (Urdu spelling قِسْط)[2]

    1. installment, partial payment
      मैंने ८०० रुपये की क़िस्त जमा करवा दी है।
      ma͠ine 800 rupye kī qist jamā karvā dī hai.
      I have deposited an 800-rupee installment.
    2. episode (of a television show)
      गुज़श्ता क़िस्तguzaśtā qistthe previous episode

    Declension

    References

    1. ^ Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “ḵist”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 454.
    2. ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “qista”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 194