قصاب

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))

1. butcher, slaughterer

Declension

Declension of noun قَصَّاب (qaṣṣāb)

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

• جَزّار‎ (jazzār)
• لَحّام‎ (laḥḥām)

Descendants

• → Georgian: ყასაბი (q̇asabi)
• → Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: qesab

  Central Kurdish: قەساب‎ (qesab)

• → Middle Armenian: ղասապ (łasap)
  • Armenian: ղասաբ (łasab), 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)
  • → Hungarian: kaszab
  • → Kazakh: қасап (qasap)
  • → Ladino: קאסאפּ‎, ḳasap
  • → Macedonian: касап (kasap), касапин (kasapin)
  • → Romanian: casap
  • → Serbo-Croatian: kàsapin / Serbo-Croatian: ка̀сапин
• → Persian: قصاب‎ (qassâb)
  • → Kyrgyz: касап (kasap)
  • → Punjabi: قَصائی‎ (qaṣā'ī)/Punjabi: ਕਸਾਈ (kasāī)
  • → Urdu: قصاب‎ (qassāb)

Etymology 2

From قَصَب‎ (qaṣab, “reed”).

Noun

قَصَّاب • (qaṣṣāb) m (plural قَصَّابُون‎ (qaṣṣābūn))

1. reed pipe singer

Declension

Declension of noun قَصَّاب (qaṣṣāb)

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 (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 (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 747

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic قَصَّاب‎ (qaṣṣāb).

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [ɢæsˈsɒːb]
• (Dari) IPA^(key): [qæsˈsɒːb]

Noun

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

1. butcher

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian قصاب‎, from Arabic قَصَّاب‎ (qaṣṣāb).

Noun

قصاب • (qassāb) m (Hindi spelling क़स्साब)

1. butcher

Synonyms

• قصائی‎
• بدھک‎
• بوچڑ‎ (būcaṛ)