क़िस्त

Hindi

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Arabic قِسْط (qisṭ)bor.
    Classical Persian قِسْط (qist)bor.
    Hindi क़िस्त (qist)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian قِسْط (qist), borrowed from Arabic قِسْط (qisṭ).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • (Delhi) IPA(key): /qɪst̪/, /kɪst̪/
    • Hyphenation: क़िस्त
    • Rhymes: -st̪

    Noun

    क़िस्त • (qist) f (Urdu spelling قِسْط)[2]

    1. installment, partial payment
      मैंने ८०० रुपये की क़िस्त जमा करवा दी है।
      ma͠ine 800 rupye kī qist jamā karvā dī hai.
      I have deposited an 800-rupee installment.
    2. episode (of a television show)
      गुज़श्ता क़िस्त ― guzaśtā qist ― the previous episode

    Declension

    Declension of क़िस्त (fem cons-stem)
    singular plural
    direct क़िस्त
    qist     		क़िस्तें
    qistẽ
    oblique क़िस्त
    qist     		क़िस्तों
    qistõ
    vocative क़िस्त
    qist     		क़िस्तो
    qisto

    References

    1. ^ Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “ḵist”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 454.
    2. ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “qista”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 194
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