قصاب
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
- IPA(key): /qasˤ.sˤaːb/
Noun
قَصَّاب • (qaṣṣāb) m (plural قَصَّابُون (qaṣṣābūn))
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | قَصَّاب qaṣṣāb |
الْقَصَّاب al-qaṣṣāb |
قَصَّاب qaṣṣāb |
| nominative | قَصَّابٌ qaṣṣābun |
الْقَصَّابُ al-qaṣṣābu |
قَصَّابُ qaṣṣābu |
| accusative | قَصَّابًا qaṣṣāban |
الْقَصَّابَ al-qaṣṣāba |
قَصَّابَ qaṣṣāba |
| genitive | قَصَّابٍ qaṣṣābin |
الْقَصَّابِ al-qaṣṣābi |
قَصَّابِ qaṣṣābi |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | قَصَّابَيْن qaṣṣābayn |
الْقَصَّابَيْن al-qaṣṣābayn |
قَصَّابَيْ qaṣṣābay |
| nominative | قَصَّابَانِ qaṣṣābāni |
الْقَصَّابَانِ al-qaṣṣābāni |
قَصَّابَا qaṣṣābā |
| accusative | قَصَّابَيْنِ qaṣṣābayni |
الْقَصَّابَيْنِ al-qaṣṣābayni |
قَصَّابَيْ qaṣṣābay |
| genitive | قَصَّابَيْنِ qaṣṣābayni |
الْقَصَّابَيْنِ al-qaṣṣābayni |
قَصَّابَيْ qaṣṣābay |
| plural | sound masculine plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | قَصَّابِين qaṣṣābīn |
الْقَصَّابِين al-qaṣṣābīn |
قَصَّابِي qaṣṣābī |
| nominative | قَصَّابُونَ qaṣṣābūna |
الْقَصَّابُونَ al-qaṣṣābūna |
قَصَّابُو qaṣṣābū |
| accusative | قَصَّابِينَ qaṣṣābīna |
الْقَصَّابِينَ al-qaṣṣābīna |
قَصَّابِي qaṣṣābī |
| genitive | قَصَّابِينَ qaṣṣābīna |
الْقَصَّابِينَ al-qaṣṣābīna |
قَصَّابِي qaṣṣābī |
Synonyms
Descendants
- → Georgian: ყასაბი (q̇asabi)
- → Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: qesab
- Central Kurdish: قەساب (qesab)
- → Middle Armenian: ղասապ (ġasap)
- Armenian: ղասաբ (ġasab), խասապ (xasap), կասաբ (kasab) (in some dialects via Ottoman Turkish)
- → Ottoman Turkish: قصاب (kassâb)
- → Turkish: kasap
- → Albanian: kasap
- → Bulgarian: касапин (kasapin)
- → Crimean Tatar: qasap
- → Greek: χασάπης (chasápis)
- ⇒ Aromanian: hãsap
- → Hungarian: kaszab
- → Kazakh: қасап (qasap), қасапшы (qasapşy)
- → Ladino: קאסאפּ, kasap
- → Macedonian: касап (kasap), касапин (kasapin)
- → Romanian: casap
- → Serbo-Croatian: kàsapin / Serbo-Croatian: ка̀сапин
- → Persian: قصاب (qassâb)
Etymology 2
From قَصَب (qaṣab, “reed”).
Noun
قَصَّاب • (qaṣṣāb) m (plural قَصَّابُون (qaṣṣābūn))
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | قَصَّاب qaṣṣāb |
الْقَصَّاب al-qaṣṣāb |
قَصَّاب qaṣṣāb |
| nominative | قَصَّابٌ qaṣṣābun |
الْقَصَّابُ al-qaṣṣābu |
قَصَّابُ qaṣṣābu |
| accusative | قَصَّابًا qaṣṣāban |
الْقَصَّابَ al-qaṣṣāba |
قَصَّابَ qaṣṣāba |
| genitive | قَصَّابٍ qaṣṣābin |
الْقَصَّابِ al-qaṣṣābi |
قَصَّابِ qaṣṣābi |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | قَصَّابَيْن qaṣṣābayn |
الْقَصَّابَيْن al-qaṣṣābayn |
قَصَّابَيْ qaṣṣābay |
| nominative | قَصَّابَانِ qaṣṣābāni |
الْقَصَّابَانِ al-qaṣṣābāni |
قَصَّابَا qaṣṣābā |
| accusative | قَصَّابَيْنِ qaṣṣābayni |
الْقَصَّابَيْنِ al-qaṣṣābayni |
قَصَّابَيْ qaṣṣābay |
| genitive | قَصَّابَيْنِ qaṣṣābayni |
الْقَصَّابَيْنِ al-qaṣṣābayni |
قَصَّابَيْ qaṣṣābay |
| plural | sound masculine plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | قَصَّابِين qaṣṣābīn |
الْقَصَّابِين al-qaṣṣābīn |
قَصَّابِي qaṣṣābī |
| nominative | قَصَّابُونَ qaṣṣābūna |
الْقَصَّابُونَ al-qaṣṣābūna |
قَصَّابُو qaṣṣābū |
| accusative | قَصَّابِينَ qaṣṣābīna |
الْقَصَّابِينَ al-qaṣṣābīna |
قَصَّابِي qaṣṣābī |
| genitive | قَصَّابِينَ qaṣṣābīna |
الْقَصَّابِينَ al-qaṣṣābīna |
قَصَّابِي qaṣṣābī |
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[1] (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[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 747
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic قَصَّاب (qaṣṣāb).
Noun
قصاب • (kasâb)
- butcher, a person who prepares and sells meat
- Synonym: جزار (cezzar)
- butcher, slaughterer, a brutal or indiscriminate killer
Derived terms
- قصاب اوغلی (kasâb oğlu, “knave”)
- قصاب باشی (kasâb başı, “person responsible for collecting butcher's taxes”)
- قصاب بیچاغی (kasâb bıçağı, “butcher's knife”)
- قصاب سونگری (kasâb süngeri, “butcher's sponge”)
- قصاب مرهمی (kasâb merhemi, “kind of ointment”)
- قصابخانه (kasâbhâne, “butchershop”)
Descendants
- Turkish: kasap
- → Albanian: kasap
- → Bulgarian: касапин (kasapin)
- → Crimean Tatar: qasap
- → Greek: χασάπης (chasápis)
- ⇒ Aromanian: hãsap
- → Hungarian: kaszab
- → Kazakh: қасап (qasap), қасапшы (qasapşy)
- → Ladino: קאסאפּ, kasap
- → Macedonian: касап (kasap), касапин (kasapin)
- → Romanian: casap
- → Serbo-Croatian: kàsapin / Serbo-Croatian: ка̀сапин
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kasap”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2454
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “قصاب”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français[3], Vienna: F. Beck, page 365a
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قصاب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[4] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 961
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Lanio”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[5], Vienna, column 912
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “قصاب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[6], Vienna, column 3702
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kasap”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قصاب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[7], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1455
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic قَصَّاب (qaṣṣāb).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /qas.ˈsaːb/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [qäs.sɑ́ːb]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [qæs.sɒ́ːb̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [qäs.sɔ́b]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | qassāb |
| Dari reading? | qassāb |
| Iranian reading? | ġassâb |
| Tajik reading? | qassob |
Noun
| Dari | قصاب |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | қассоб |
قصاب • (qassâb) (plural قصاب‌ها, or قصابان)
Descendants
- → Gujarati: કસ્સાબ (kassāb)
- → Kyrgyz: касап (kasap)
- → Punjabi: قَصائی (qaṣā'ī)/Punjabi: ਕਸਾਈ (kasāī)
- → Urdu: قصاب (qassāb)
Urdu
Etymology
Etymology tree
Borrowed from Classical Persian قَصَّاب (qassāb).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /qəs.sɑːb/
- Rhymes: -ɑːb
Noun
قصاب • (qassāb) m (Hindi spelling क़स्साब)