قصه

See also: قصة, قصہ, and فضة

Pashto

Alternative forms

• کيسه, کيسۍ

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قِصَّة (qiṣṣa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qɪsa/
• IPA^(key): /qɪsˈsa/

Noun

قصه • (qisa) f

1. tale, anecdote, story

   Synonyms: داستان (dāstān), افسانه (afsāná)

2. event, history
3. matter, affair, business
4. subject, topic
5. quarrel; argument; altercation (colloquial)

Declension

declension of قصه

	singular		plural
direct	قصه (qisá)		قصې (qisé)
oblique	قصې (qisé)		قصو (qisó)
vocative	قصې (qisé)		قصو (qisó)

References

Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009) “قصه”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قِصَّة (qiṣṣa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [qis.sa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qɪs.sä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qɪs.sä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qɪs.sä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qis.sä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qes.se]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qis.sä]

Readings
Classical reading?	qissa
Dari reading?	qissa
Iranian reading?	ğesse
Tajik reading?	qissa

Noun

Dari	قصه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	қисса

قِصِّه • (qesse) (plural قصه‌ها (qesse-hâ))

1. story, tale

   Synonyms: داسْتان (dâstân), اَفْسانِه (afsâne)

   • 1996, Shahram Shabpareh, “Khuneye Eshgh”, in Do Rahi:

     توی هر شهر غریبی با تو میشه موندنی شد
     قصهٔ هزار و یک شب میشه بود و خوندنی شد

     tu-ye har šahr-e ğaribi bâ to mi-še mundani šod
     qesse-ye hezâr o yek šab mi-še bud o xundani šod

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• قِصِّه‌گو (qesse-gu)