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قصاب

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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    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).

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    Noun

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    قَصَّاب (qaṣṣābm (plural قَصَّابُون (qaṣṣābūn))

    1. butcher, slaughterer
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    Etymology 2

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    From قَصَب (qaṣab, reed).

    Noun

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    قَصَّاب (qaṣṣābm (plural قَصَّابُون (qaṣṣābūn))

    1. reed pipe singer
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    References

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    • 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

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from Arabic قَصَّاب (qaṣṣāb).

      Noun

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      قصاب (kasâb)

      1. butcher, a person who prepares and sells meat
        Synonym: جزار (cezzar)
      2. butcher, slaughterer, a brutal or indiscriminate killer

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      Persian

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      Etymology

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        Borrowed from Arabic قَصَّاب (qaṣṣāb).

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        Readings
        Classical reading? qassāḇ
        Dari reading? qassāb
        Iranian reading? ğassâb
        Tajik reading? qassob

        Noun

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        Dari قصاب
        Iranian Persian
        Tajik қассоб

        قصاب (qassâb) (plural قصاب‌ها (qassâb-hâ) or قصابان (qassâbân))

        1. butcher

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        Urdu

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        Etymology

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          Borrowed from Classical Persian قَصَّاب (qassāb).

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          Noun

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          قصاب (qassābm (Hindi spelling क़स्साब)

          1. butcher

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