kasra means 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/.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, kasra ranks #7,296 of 42,752 for Qualifying.
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic كَسْرَة (kasra, “a breaking”), instance noun of the verb كَسَرَ (kasara, “to break”).
noun
- 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/.
- 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.
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Words closest in meaning
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- fatha 66% match — In Arabic script, the vowel point for a, appearing as a diagonal line placed above a letter ( ـَ ) and designating a short a /a/. If the Arabic letters ا (أَلِف (ʔalif)) or ى (أَلِف مَقْصُورَة (ʔalif maqṣūra)) immediately follow, it indicates a long ā /aː/. vs kasra →
- yaa 62% match — The letter ي (y) in the Arabic script. vs kasra →
- faa 58% match — The letter ف in the Arabic script. vs kasra →
- rasm 54% match — The base shape of an Arabic-script letter, without dots that distinguish it from other letters. vs kasra →
- damma 53% match — In the Arabic script, the vowel point for u, appearing as a small curl placed above a letter ( ـُ ) and designating a short u /u/. If the Arabic letter و (wāw) immediately follows, it indicates a long ū /uː/. vs kasra →
- saad 53% match — The letter ص in the Arabic script. vs kasra →
- anusvara 53% match — A diacritic used in Indic scripts as a nasal consonant. vs kasra →
- patach 52% match — A vowel point in the Hebrew script appearing as a horizontal line placed below a letter (ִ◌ַ) and designating the open vowel a /a/. vs kasra →