kasra

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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 (y) immediately follows, it indicates a long ī /iː/.

OriginArabic كَسْرَة →
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Meanings

nounkasra (plural kasras)

plural kasras · alternative kasrah

  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 (y) 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.

Origin

  1. Arabicكَسْرَة“a breaking”
  2. Englishkasra

Borrowed from Arabic كَسْرَة (kasra, “a breaking”), instance noun of the verb كَسَرَ (kasara, “to break”).

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Translations

Arabic كَسْرَة
  • كَسْرَة (kasra)in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "i" (kasra)
Chinese Mandarin 齊齒符 /齐齿符
  • 齊齒符 /齐齿符 (qíchǐfú)in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "i" (kasra)
French kasra
  • kasrain the Arabic script, the vowel point for "i" (kasra)
German Kasra
  • Kasrain the Arabic script, the vowel point for "i" (kasra)
Hindi ज़ेर, कसरा
  • ज़ेर (zer)in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "i" (kasra)
  • कसरा (kasrā)in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "i" (kasra)
Japanese カスラ
  • カスラ (kasura)in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "i" (kasra)
Korean 카스라
  • 카스라 (kaseura)in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "i" (kasra)
Malay baris bawah, baris di bawah
  • baris bawahin the Arabic script, the vowel point for "i" (kasra)
  • baris di bawahin the Arabic script, the vowel point for "i" (kasra)
  • kasrahin the Arabic script, the vowel point for "i" (kasra)
Russian ка́сра, кя́сра
  • ка́сра (kásra)in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "i" (kasra)
  • кя́сра (kjásra)in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "i" (kasra)
Turkish kesra, esre
  • kesrain the Arabic script, the vowel point for "i" (kasra)
  • esrein the Arabic script, the vowel point for "i" (kasra)
Urdu زیر, کَسْرَہ
  • زیر (zer)in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "i" (kasra)
  • کَسْرَہ (kasra)in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "i" (kasra)

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

karasSakaraskarRaskaSkaararaksSakra
Cite this entry
APA

kasra. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kasra

MLA

“kasra.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kasra. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kasra,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kasra.

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