قسط

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قسط^¹

Where it comes from

If the noun goes so far as to mean justice, it is perhaps a semantic loan from Classical Syriac ܩܘܼܫܬܿܵܐ (qūštā, “truth, rectitude, justice”), while others go even so far as to consider a borrowing from Latin iūstitia, whereas the use for a measure is Aramaic קִיסְטָא / ܩܸܣܛܵܐ (qesṭā) from Medieval Greek ξέστης (xéstēs) from Latin sextārius (“a cubic measure”). The presence of a denominal verb from قِسْطَاس (qisṭās, “weigher”) is also possible.

verb قَسَّطَ · qassaṭa · يُقَسِّطُ · تَقْسِيط · مُقَسِّط

to dispense, to allot

قسط^²

noun قِسْط · qisṭ · أَقْسَاط · الْقِسْط

a vague amount or time of خُذ قِسْطاً مِن الراحة!
equity, equitability إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَكۡفُرُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَقۡتُلُونَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ بِغَيۡرِ حَقّٖ وَيَقۡتُلُونَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَأۡمُرُونَ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ فَبَشِّرۡهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ.
installment
meed, premium
payment, payout
obsolete a volume measure of 1.2158 liters in the small and 2.4336 liters in the large variant, 2.106 liters in Egypt

قسط^³

noun قَسْط · qasṭ · الْقَسْط · قَسْطٌ

injustice

قسط^⁴

noun قُسْط · qusṭ · الْقُسْط · قُسْطٌ

costus (both Costus gen. and Saussurea costus (syns. Saussurea lappa, Aucklandia lappa))

In English

installment finance: portion of debt
costus perennial tropical herbaceous plant of the genus Costus

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {قسط},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%82%D8%B3%D8%B7},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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