каса

From Persian کاسه (kâse).

Compare with Kazakh, Kyrgyz кесе (kese), Turkish kâse, Turkmen käse, etc.

• IPA^(key): [ka.ˈsa]
• Hyphenation: ка‧са

каса • (kasa)

1. piyāla, a small bowl for tea

• kasa — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Inherited from Old Ruthenian коса (kosa), from Proto-Slavic *kosa. Cognate with Russian коса́ (kosá).

• IPA^(key): [kaˈsa]

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каса́ • (kasá) f inan (genitive касы́, nominative plural ко́сы, genitive plural кос)

2. plait, tress, braid, pigtail, queue (hairstyle)
4. scythe (a farm tool for mowing grass by hand, composed of a long, curving blade with a sharp concave edge, fastened to a long handle)
6. sandbank, spit (small point of land jutting into the sea)
   • 1937 [1719], Daniel Defoe, translated by Зяма Раманавіч Півавараў, edited by Janka Maŭr, Жыццё і дзіўныя небывалыя прыгоды Рабінзона Крузо [The life and astonishing adventures of Robinson Crusoe], Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Robinson Crusoe, page 26:

     Нарэшце мілях у пятнаццаці наперадзе я ўбачыў вузкую паласу зямлі, далёка выступаючую ў мора. Надвор'е было ціхае, і я павярнуў у адкрытае мора, каб абагнуць гэтую касу.

     Narešcje miljax u pjatnaccaci napjeradzje ja ŭbačyŭ vuzkuju palasu zjamli, daljóka vystupajučuju ŭ móra. Nadvórʺje byló cixaje, i ja pavjarnuŭ u adkrytaje móra, kab abahnucʹ hetuju kasu.

     [original: I saw the land run out a great length into the sea, at about the distance of four or five leagues before me; and the sea being very calm, I kept a large offing to make this point.]

     Finally, about fifteen miles ahead, I saw a narrow strip of land jutting far out into the sea. The weather was calm, and I turned toward the open sea to skirt around this spit.

Borrowed from Italian cassa. Cognate with Russian ка́сса (kássa).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkasa]

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ка́са • (kása) f inan (genitive ка́сы, nominative plural ка́сы, genitive plural кас, relational adjective ка́савы)

2. point of sale, checkout, cash register (the location at which payment is made in an establishment that sells goods or services)

   білетная каса ― biljetnaja kasa ― ticket office

4. cash, cashbox (a place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out)

   ашчадная каса ― aščadnaja kasa ― savings bank

   • 1938 [1848], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Домбі і сын, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Dombey and Son, pages 439-440:

     — У мяне ёсць брат, які жыве ў вёсцы, фермер у Эсексе, — сказала прыгнечаная горам Ніпер, — ён гадуе многа ка-а-ароў і свіней, і я паеду да яго ў паштовай карэце і астануся ў яго, і не турбуйцеся аба мне, бо ў мяне ёсць грошы ў ашчаднай касе, дарагая мая, і я нізавошта, нізавошта не магла-б паступіць цяпер на іншае месца, ненаглядная мая гаспадыня!

     — U mjanje joscʹ brat, jaki žyvje ŭ vjóscy, fjermjer u Esjeksje, — skazala pryhnječanaja hóram Nipjer, — jon haduje mnóha ka-a-aróŭ i svinjej, i ja pajedu da jahó ŭ paštóvaj karecje i astanusja ŭ jahó, i nje turbujcjesja aba mnje, bo ŭ mjanje joscʹ hróšy ŭ aščadnaj kasje, darahaja maja, i ja nizavóšta, nizavóšta nje mahla-b pastupicʹ cjapjer na inšaje mjesca, njenahljadnaja maja haspadynja!

     [original: "I ’ve got a brother down in the country Miss—a farmer in Essex," said the heart-broken Nipper, "that keeps ever so many co-o-ows and pigs and I shall go down there by the coach and sto-op with him, and don’t mind me, for I ’ve got money in the Savings’ Banks my dear, and needn’t take another service just yet, which I couldn’t, couldn’t, couldn’t do, my heart’s own mistress!"]

   • 1940 [1861], Charles Dickens, anonymous translator, Вялікія чаканні, Minsk: ДВБ, translation of Great Expectations, page 130:

     — Паколькі ваша каса ў мяне, то, магчыма, мы будзем бачыцца даволі часта, — заўважыў ён. — Добрай раніцы!

     — Pakólʹki vaša kasa ŭ mjanje, to, mahčyma, my budzjem bačycca davóli časta, — zaŭvažyŭ jon. — Dóbraj ranicy!

     [original: “As I keep the cash,” Mr. Wemmick observed, “we shall most likely meet pretty often. Good day.”]

     "As I keep your cash, we might be seeing each other quite often," he remarked. "Good morning!"

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (1997), “коса”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 16 (коржъ – лесничанка), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 45
• Bulyka, A. M., editor (1997), “коса”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 16 (коржъ – лесничанка), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 45
• “каса”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “каса” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Borrowed from Italian cassa.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkasɐ]

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ка́са • (kása) f (relational adjective ка́сов)

1. safe, strongbox (metal box for storing valuables)

   Synonym: сейф (sejf)

2. cash register, till

   Synonym: касов апарат (kasov aparat)

3. cashier's office, ticket office, box office

   Synonym: гише (giše)

4. funds, capital

   Synonyms: капитал (kapital), състояние (sǎstojanie), фонд (fond)

5. crate

   Synonym: щайга (štajga)

6. frame (e.g. of a door or window)

   Synonym: рамка (ramka)

• “каса”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “каса”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Borrowed from Italian cassa.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkasa]
• Hyphenation: ка‧са
• Rhymes: -asa

каса • (kasa) f

1. safe, strongbox (metal box for storing valuables)

   Synonym: сеф (sef)

2. pay desk, cash desk, checkout
3. cashier's office, ticket office, box office
4. bank, fund (finance in general)
5. cash register, till, cashbox

   Synonym: ре́ги́стар-каса (régístar-kasa)

• трезор m (trezor)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kǫsati.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkasa]

каса • (kasa) third-singular present, impf (perfective касне)

1. (transitive) to bite

   Synonym: гризе (grize)

• “каса” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قاصه (kasa), from Italian cassa, from Latin capsa.

• IPA^(key): /kǎsa/

ка̀са f (Latin spelling kàsa)

1. safe
2. cash register

• “каса”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

каса (Latin spelling kasa)

1. third-person singular present of ка̏сати

Borrowed from Italian cassa. Cognate with Russian ка́сса (kássa).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkasɐ]

• Audio:

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ка́са • (kása) f inan (genitive ка́си, nominative plural ка́си, genitive plural кас, relational adjective ка́совий)

1. pay desk, cash desk, checkout
2. ticket window, box office
3. cash
4. bank, fund
5. cash register

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “каса”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “каса”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)