"kasra" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: kasras [plural], kasrah [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic كَسْرَة (kasra, “a breaking”), instance noun of the verb كَسَرَ (kasara, “to break”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|كَسْرَة||a breaking}} Arabic كَسْرَة (kasra, “a breaking”), {{ar-instance noun|lc=1|nocat=1}} instance noun, {{root|en|ar|ك س ر}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} kasra (plural kasras)
  1. In Arabic script, the vowel point for "i", appearing as a small diagonal line placed below a letter ( ـِ ) and designating a short i /i/. If the Arabic letter ي (yāʔ) immediately follows, it indicates a long ī /iː/. Categories (topical): Arabic letter names Translations (in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "i" (kasra)): كَسْرَة (kasra) [feminine] (Arabic), kəsrə (Azerbaijani), ژێر (jêr) (Central Kurdish), 齊齒符 /齐齿符 (qíchǐfú) (Chinese Mandarin), زیر (zēr) (Dari), کَسْرَه (kasra) (Dari), kasra [feminine, masculine] (French), Kasra [neuter] (German), زیر (zir) (Iranian Persian), کَسْرِه (kasre) (Iranian Persian), カスラ (kasura) (Japanese), кәсра (käsra) (Kazakh), 카스라 (kaseura) (Korean), baris bawah (Malay), baris di bawah (Malay), kasrah (Malay), kesre (Northern Kurdish), كسره (kesre) (Ottoman Turkish), کسره (kasrá) [feminine] (Pashto), زیر (zēr) (Persian), کَسْرَه (kasra) (Persian), ка́сра (kásra) [feminine] (Russian), кя́сра (kjásra) [feminine] (Russian), jéér (Sundanese), касра (kasra) (Tajik), зер (zer) (Tajik), kesra (Turkish), esre (Turkish), زیر (zer) [masculine] (Urdu), کَسْرَہ (kasra) [masculine] (Urdu), kasra (Uzbek), zer (Uzbek)
    Sense id: en-kasra-en-noun-iPb4L0Qj Disambiguation of Arabic letter names: 61 39 Categories (other): Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Central Kurdish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Pashto translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sundanese translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Urdu translations, Terms with Uzbek translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 65 35 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Central Kurdish translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Pashto translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Sundanese translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Urdu translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Uzbek translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "i" (kasra)': 68 32
  2. In Iranian Persian ـِ represents the vowel /e/. If the letter ـی immediately follows it represents the diphthong /ej/. This usage differs from other Arabic script languages and from classical Persian, in which the diphthong /ej/ did not occur.
    Sense id: en-kasra-en-noun-sWK7R8r3 Categories (other): Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Tajik translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Uzbek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Tajik translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Uzbek translations: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: fatha (alt: fatḥa), damma (alt: ḍamma), sukun (alt: sukūn), shadda (alt: šadda), tashkil (alt: taškīl)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "expansion": "instance noun",
      "name": "ar-instance noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "ك س ر"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic كَسْرَة (kasra, “a breaking”), instance noun of the verb كَسَرَ (kasara, “to break”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kasras",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kasrah",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "kasra (plural kasras)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "alt": "fatḥa",
      "word": "fatha"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ḍamma",
      "word": "damma"
    },
    {
      "alt": "sukūn",
      "word": "sukun"
    },
    {
      "alt": "šadda",
      "word": "shadda"
    },
    {
      "alt": "taškīl",
      "word": "tashkil"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In Arabic script, the vowel point for \"i\", appearing as a small diagonal line placed below a letter ( ـِ ) and designating a short i /i/. If the Arabic letter ي (yāʔ) immediately follows, it indicates a long ī /iː/."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Arabic",
          "Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "script",
          "script"
        ],
        [
          "vowel",
          "vowel"
        ],
        [
          "i",
          "i"
        ],
        [
          "diagonal",
          "diagonal"
        ],
        [
          "ـِ",
          "ـِ"
        ],
        [
          "ي",
          "ي#Arabic"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "In Iranian Persian ـِ represents the vowel /e/. If the letter ـی immediately follows it represents the diphthong /ej/. This usage differs from other Arabic script languages and from classical Persian, in which the diphthong /ej/ did not occur."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Iranian",
          "Iranian"
        ],
        [
          "Persian",
          "Persian"
        ],
        [
          "ـِ",
          "ـ#Persian"
        ],
        [
          "ـی",
          "ی#Persian"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "kasra",
      "sense": "in the Arabic script, the vowel point for \"i\" (kasra)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "كَسْرَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "in the Arabic script, the vowel point for \"i\" (kasra)",
      "word": "kəsrə"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qíchǐfú",
      "sense": "in the Arabic script, the vowel point for \"i\" (kasra)",
      "word": "齊齒符 /齐齿符"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in the Arabic script, the vowel point for \"i\" (kasra)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kasra"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in the Arabic script, the vowel point for \"i\" (kasra)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Kasra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kasura",
      "sense": "in the Arabic script, the vowel point for \"i\" (kasra)",
      "word": "カスラ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "käsra",
      "sense": "in the Arabic script, the vowel point for \"i\" (kasra)",
      "word": "кәсра"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "kaseura",
      "sense": "in the Arabic script, the vowel point for \"i\" (kasra)",
      "word": "카스라"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "jêr",
      "sense": "in the Arabic script, the vowel point for \"i\" (kasra)",
      "word": "ژێر"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "in the Arabic script, the vowel point for \"i\" (kasra)",
      "word": "kesre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "in the Arabic script, the vowel point for \"i\" (kasra)",
      "word": "baris bawah"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "in the Arabic script, the vowel point for \"i\" (kasra)",
      "word": "baris di bawah"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "in the Arabic script, the vowel point for \"i\" (kasra)",
      "word": "kasrah"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "kesre",
      "sense": "in the Arabic script, the vowel point for \"i\" (kasra)",
      "word": "كسره"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "kasrá",
      "sense": "in the Arabic script, the vowel point for \"i\" (kasra)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "کسره"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-cls",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Persian"
      ],
      "roman": "zēr",
      "sense": "in the Arabic script, the vowel point for \"i\" (kasra)",
      "word": "زیر"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-cls",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Persian"
      ],
      "roman": "kasra",
      "sense": "in the Arabic script, the vowel point for \"i\" (kasra)",
      "word": "کَسْرَه"
    },
    {
      "code": "prs",
      "lang": "Dari",
      "roman": "zēr",
      "sense": "in the Arabic script, the vowel point for \"i\" (kasra)",
      "word": "زیر"
    },
    {
      "code": "prs",
      "lang": "Dari",
      "roman": "kasra",
      "sense": "in the Arabic script, the vowel point for \"i\" (kasra)",
      "word": "کَسْرَه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "zir",
      "sense": "in the Arabic script, the vowel point for \"i\" (kasra)",
      "word": "زیر"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "kasre",
      "sense": "in the Arabic script, the vowel point for \"i\" (kasra)",
      "word": "کَسْرِه"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kásra",
      "sense": "in the Arabic script, the vowel point for \"i\" (kasra)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ка́сра"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kjásra",
      "sense": "in the Arabic script, the vowel point for \"i\" (kasra)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кя́сра"
    },
    {
      "code": "su",
      "lang": "Sundanese",
      "sense": "in the Arabic script, the vowel point for \"i\" (kasra)",
      "word": "jéér"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "kasra",
      "sense": "in the Arabic script, the vowel point for \"i\" (kasra)",
      "word": "касра"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "zer",
      "sense": "in the Arabic script, the vowel point for \"i\" (kasra)",
      "word": "зер"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "in the Arabic script, the vowel point for \"i\" (kasra)",
      "word": "kesra"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "in the Arabic script, the vowel point for \"i\" (kasra)",
      "word": "esre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "zer",
      "sense": "in the Arabic script, the vowel point for \"i\" (kasra)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "زیر"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "kasra",
      "sense": "in the Arabic script, the vowel point for \"i\" (kasra)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "کَسْرَہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "in the Arabic script, the vowel point for \"i\" (kasra)",
      "word": "kasra"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "in the Arabic script, the vowel point for \"i\" (kasra)",
      "word": "zer"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kasra"
}

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