qısa

Azerbaijani
Other scripts
Cyrillic гыса
Roman qısa
Perso-Arabic قیسا‎

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *Kɨs- (“short, narrrow, to squize”). Cognate with Karakhanid قِسْغا‎ (“qïsɣā”), Turkish kısa, Turkmen gysga, Crimean Tatar qısqa, etc.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɡɯˈsɑ], [kɯ̥ˈsɑ]
  • Hyphenation: qı‧sa

Adjective

qısa (comparative daha qısa, superlative ən qısa)

  1. short
    qısa dalğalar ― shortwaves
    Antonym: uzun
  2. brief, laconic
    uzun sözün qısası
    in short, in sum, briefly
    (literally, “the brief of the long word”)
    Antonyms: uzun, uzun-uzadı
  3. (of time) short
    qısa müddətdən sonra ― after a short period (of time)
    Antonym: uzun

Derived terms
  • qısaca (“shortly”)
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