كسكین

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• كسكن (keskin)

Etymology

From كسـ (kes-, “to cut”) +‎ ـكین (-kin).

Cognates

Cognate with Azerbaijani keskin, Kyrgyz кескин (keskin) and Uyghur كەسكىن (keskin).

Adjective

كسكین • (keskin)

1. sharp, keen, trenchant, able or fitted to cut easily, not dull

   Synonyms: ایتی (iti), تیز (tiz), صارم (sârim), قاطع (katiʼ)

2. pungent, acrid, poignant, having a strong taste or odor

   Synonyms: ایتی (iti), تیز (tiz), حریف (hirrif)

3. (figuratively) sharp, incisive, acute, trenchant

   Synonym: ایتی (iti)

4. (figuratively) strong, intense, highly stimulating to the senses

   Synonym: سرت (sert)

Derived terms

• كسكین سویله‌مك (keskin söylemek, “to speak sharply”)
• كسكین صوغانجق (keskin soğancık, “pointed iron-ball”)
• كسكین قلم (keskin kalem, “sharp style”)
• كسكین كتمك (keskin gitmek, “to go at a rapid pace”)
• كسكین لسان (keskin lisân, “sharp-tongued”)
• كسكینلشدرمك (keskinleşdirmek, “to make or let become sharp”)
• كسكینلشمك (keskinleşmek, “to become sharp”)
• كسكینلك (keskinlik, “sharpness”)

Noun

Keskin district

كسكین • (keskin) (definite accusative كسكینی (keskini), plural كسكینلر (keskinler))

1. cutting edge, the sharp edge of the blade of a knife or other cutting tool

   Synonyms: غراب (gurab), قلاغی (kılağı), یالم (yalım)

Descendants

• Turkish: keskin
• → Armenian: քեսկին (kʻeskin)
• → Bulgarian: кески́н (keskín), ⇒ Кескинов (Keskinov)

Proper noun

كسكین • (keskin)

1. Keskin (a town and district of Kırıkkale Province, Turkey)

   Synonyms: دینك كسكینی (dinek keskini), معدن (maʼden) (historical)

Descendants

• Turkish: Keskin

Further reading

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• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886), “كسكین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 630
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “keskin”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2572
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838), “كسكین”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 390b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “كسكین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1026
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Acutus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 17
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “كسكین”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 3953
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “keskin”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2010–), “Keskin”, in Nişanyan Yeradları: Türkiye ve Çevre Ülkeler Yerleşim Birimleri Envanteri [Index Anatolicus: An inventory of place names of Turkey and surrounding countries] (in Turkish)
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “كسكین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1548
• Sezen, Tahir (2017), “Keskin”, in Osmanlı Yer Adları [Ottoman Place Names]‎^[6], 2nd edition, Ankara: T.C. Başbakanlık Devlet Arşivleri Genel Müdürlüğü, page 453