kasme
English
Alternative forms
- qasme, kasmeh
Etymology
Borrowed from Pahari-Potwari قسمے (qasme), vocative case of قَسَم (qasam, “oath; swear”), taken from Urdu قَسَم (qasam), itself from Classical Persian قَسَم (qasam), ultimately from Arabic قَسَم (qasam, “oath”).
Interjection
kasme
- (British Pakistani, slang) I swear
- Synonym: wallahi