kasra

• kasrah

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

kasra (plural kasras)

1. 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 (yāʔ) immediately follows, it indicates a long ī /iː/.
2. 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.

• Arabic diacritics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• fatha (fatḥa)
• damma (ḍamma)
• sukun (sukūn)
• shadda (šadda)
• tashkil (taškīl)

• Araks, Askar, Raska, Sakra, Skaar, araks, karas

Borrowed from Arabic كَسْرَة (kasra).

• IPA^(key): /ka.sʁa/

kasra m or f (plural kasras)

1. kasra

kas +‎ -ra

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒʃrɒ]
• Hyphenation: kas‧ra

kasra

1. sublative singular of kas