kasaba

Gagauz

Etymology

From Arabic قَصَبَة‎ (qaṣaba).

Noun

kasaba

  1. city, town

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قصبه‎ (kasaba), from Arabic قَصَبَة‎ (qaṣaba).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kasǎba/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧sa‧ba

Noun

kasàba f (Cyrillic spelling каса̀ба)

  1. (regional) town
    • 1942-1945, Ivo Andrić, chapter 1, in Na Drini Ćuprija:
      Kasaba je živele od mosta i rasla iz njega kao iz svoga neuništivog korena.
      The town owned its existence to the bridge and grew out of it as if from an imperishable root.
  2. (regional) Podunk

Declension
Declension of kasaba
singular plural
nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) kasabe
genitive kasabe Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
dative kasabi kasabama
accusative kasabu kasabe
vocative kasabo kasabe
locative kasabi kasabama
instrumental kasabom kasabama

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Spanish cazabe, from Taíno [Term?].

Noun

kasaba

  1. cassava

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قصبه‎, from Arabic قَصَبَة‎ (qaṣaba).

Pronunciation
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Noun

kasaba (definite accusative kasabayı, plural kasabalar)

  1. casbah
  2. town

Declension

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