तक़सीम

Hindi

Etymology

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Arabic قَسَّمَ (qassama)

Arabic تَقْسِيم (taqsīm)bor.

Classical Persian تَقْسِیم (taqsīm)bor.

Hindi तक़सीम (taqsīm)

Borrowed from Classical Persian تَقْسِیم (taqsīm), borrowed from Arabic تَقْسِيم (taqsīm), from قَسَّمَ (qassama).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪əq.siːm/, [t̪ɐq.sĩːm], /t̪ək.siːm/, [t̪ɐk.sĩːm]

Noun

तक़सीम • (taqsīm) f (Urdu spelling تقسیم)

1. division, partition

   Synonyms: बँटवारा (bãṭvārā), बँटाई (bãṭāī), विभाजन (vibhājan)

2. distribution
3. (mathematics) division

   Synonyms: भाग (bhāg), विभाजन (vibhājan)

Declension

Declension of तक़सीम (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तक़सीम taqsīm	तक़सीमें taqsīmẽ
oblique	तक़सीम taqsīm	तक़सीमों taqsīmõ
vocative	तक़सीम taqsīm	तक़सीमो taqsīmo

References

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