क़स्बा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَصْبَة (qaṣba).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /qəs.bɑː/, [qɐs.bäː], /kəs.bɑː/, [kɐs.bäː]

Noun

क़स्बा • (qasbā) m (Urdu spelling قصبہ)

1. village, small town

   Synonym: गाँव (gā̃v)

Declension

Declension of क़स्बा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	क़स्बा qasbā	क़स्बे qasbe
oblique	क़स्बे qasbe	क़स्बों qasbõ
vocative	क़स्बे qasbe	क़स्बो qasbo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “क़स्बा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press