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قصاص

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Root
ق ص ص (q ṣ ṣ)
9 terms

Noun

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قِصَاص (qiṣāṣm

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

Noun

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قُصَاص (quṣāṣm

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

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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
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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قِصَاص (qiṣāṣm pl

  1. plural of قَصّ (qaṣṣ)

Noun

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قِصَاص (qiṣāṣf pl

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

Urdu

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Etymology

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From Arabic قِصَاص (qiṣāṣ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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قِصاص (qisāsm (Hindi spelling क़िसास)

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

References

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  • قصاص”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • قصاص”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.