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qiṣṣa (for A. قصة qiṣṣat, n. of un. fr. قصّ 'to cut; to explain,' etc.), s.m. A tale, story, narration; a romance; a fable;—a thing, affair, business, matter, theme; a case; matter or subject of dispute; a dispute, quarrel:—qiṣṣa uhānā, v.n. To raise a commotion or dispute, get up a quarrel:—qiṣṣa pāk karnā(-kā), To put an end to a quarrel, to settle a dispute; to put an end to (a person, etc.), to wipe out, to kill:—qiṣṣa pāk honāor ho-jānā(-kā), A dispute to be settled; a subject of contention or quarrel to be put an end to:—qiṣṣa-ān, s.m. A storyteller, a reciter of tales:—qiṣṣa-ānī, s.f. Story-telling:—qiṣṣa karnā(-se), To wrangle or quarrel (with):—qiṣṣa-kotāh, adv. The short of the story (is that); in short, in a word, briefly:—qiṣṣa kotāh karnā, To shorten the story, to cut the matter short; to settle or put an end to a dispute:—qiṣṣa khaākarnā= qiṣṣa uhānā, q.v.:—qiṣṣa-mutaṣar, adv. In short, etc. (=qiṣṣa kotāh, q.v.):—qiṣṣa mutaṣar honā(-kā), (One's) story to be cut short; to come to an end, to die.
Origin: Persian