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
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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, butcher).

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 قصاب (qassāb), from Arabic قَصَّاب (qaṣṣāb).

Pronunciation

Noun

قصاب (qassābm (Hindi spelling क़स्साब)

  1. butcher

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