قیت

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *kït (not enough, insufficient).[1]

Adjective

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قیت (kıt)

  1. scarce
  2. little, few

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: kıt
  • Armenian: խըթ (xətʻ)

Further reading

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References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kɨt”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill