qısa

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Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic гыса
Abjad قیسا

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kïs- (short, narrrow, to squize). Cognate with Karakhanid قِسْغا (qïsɣā), Turkish kısa, Turkmen gysga, Salar qısga, Crimean Tatar qısqa, etc.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: qı‧sa

Adjective

qısa (comparative daha qısa, superlative ən qısa)

  1. short
    Synonym: gödək
    Antonym: uzun
    qısa dalğalarshortwaves
  2. brief, laconic
    Synonym: gödək
    Antonyms: uzun, uzun-uzadı
    uzun sözün qısası
    in short, in sum, briefly
    (literally, “the brief of the long word”)
  3. (of time) short
    Antonym: uzun
    qısa müddətdən sonraafter a short period (of time)

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