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kasras

kasras is the plural of kasra.

Meaning of kasra

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/.
  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.

Questions about kasras

What is kasras the plural of?
Kasras is the plural of kasra.

Words near kasras in the dictionary

  1. Kasprzyk
  2. Kasprzyks
  3. kasra
  4. kasrah
  5. kasrahs
  6. kasras
  7. kasre
  8. kasres
  9. Kass
  10. Kassab
  11. kassabah

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