قسما

Arabic

Root
ق س م (q-s-m)

Etymology

Adverbial accusative of قِسْم (qism, “part”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qis.man/

Adverb

قِسْمًا • (qisman)

1. partly

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: qismən
• → Chagatai: قسما
  • Uyghur: قىسمەن (qismen)
  • Uzbek: qisman
• → Ottoman Turkish: قسما (kısmen)
  • Turkish: kısmen
  • Crimean Tatar: qısmen
• → Persian: قسما (qesman)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قِسْمًا (qisman), adverbial accusative of قِسْم (qism).

Adverb

قسما • (kısmen)

1. partly

Descendants

• Turkish: kısmen

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قِسْمًا (qisman), adverbial accusative of Arabic قِسْم (qism, “part”). By surface analysis, قسم (qesm, “part”) +‎ ـاً (-an).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qɪs.män]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qes.mæn]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qis.män]

Readings
Classical reading?	qisman
Dari reading?	qisman
Iranian reading?	ğesman
Tajik reading?	qisman

Adverb

Dari	قسما
Iranian Persian
Tajik	қисман

قسماً • (qesman)

1. partly

Related terms

• قسم (qesm)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “قسما”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim