قصاص

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ق ص ص (q ṣ ṣ)
9 terms

Noun

قِصَاص (qiṣāṣm

  1. verbal noun of قَاصَّ (qāṣṣa) (form III)
    1. talion, retaliation
Declension
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: qisas
  • Northern Kurdish: qisas
  • Ottoman Turkish: قصاص (ḳıṣaṣ)
    > Turkish: kısas (inherited)
  • Swahili: kisasi
  • Uyghur: قىساس (qisas)
  • Uzbek: qisas

Noun

قُصَاص (quṣāṣm

  1. the part where the growth of the hair terminates and it gets cut
Declension

Noun

قَصَّاص (qaṣṣāṣm (plural قَصَّاصُون (qaṣṣāṣūn), feminine قَصَّاصَة (qaṣṣāṣa))

  1. one who clips or cuts often
  2. one who follows tracks
  3. one who recounts tales, narrator, storyteller
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

قِصَاص (qiṣāṣm pl

  1. plural of قَصّ (qaṣṣ)

Noun

قِصَاص (qiṣāṣf pl

  1. plural of قَصَّة (qaṣṣa)
  2. plural of قِصَّة (qiṣṣa)

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic قِصَاص (qiṣāṣ).

Pronunciation

Noun

قِصاص (qisāsm (Hindi spelling क़िसास)

  1. retaliation, punishment for murder
  2. (law) retaliation law

References

  • قصاص”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • قصاص”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.