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kasra

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

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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/.
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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noun in the Arabic script, the vowel point for "i" (kasra)

한국어	카스라 kaseura
日本語	カスラ kasura
中文	齊齒符 /齐齿符 qíchǐfú
हिन्दी	ज़ेर zer, कसरा kasrā
Français	kasra
Deutsch	Kasra
Русский	ка́сра kásra, кя́сра kjásra
العربية	كَسْرَة kasra

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@misc{kasra_2026,
  title = {kasra},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kasra},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}