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Where does “قصاب” come from?

قصاب (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Arabic قَصَّاب, from Aramaic קצבא.

قصاب (Ottoman Turkish): kassâb

Definitions

  1. kassâb

Ancestry of “قصاب”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicقَصَّابbutcher
2Aramaicקצבא—

Words derived from “قصاب”

  • hasapiko
  • касапин
  • kasapin
  • χασάπης
  • χασάπικο
  • kaszab
  • kaszabol
  • касапин
  • касап
  • hãsap
Every word from Aramaic קצבא →