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

tale, anecdote, story
Synonyms: داستان (dāstān), افسانه (afsāná)
event, history
matter, affair, business
subject, topic
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.ˈsa/

(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^?	ġesse
Tajik reading^?	qissa

Noun

قصه • (qissa / ġesse) (plural قصه‌ها (qissa-hā / ġesse-hâ), Tajik spelling қисса)

story, tale
Synonyms: داستان (dāstān / dâstân), افسانه (afsāna / 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 ġaribi 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)
  (modern Iranian romanization)

Derived terms

قصه‌گو (qissa-gō / ġesse-gu)