kâşif

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كاشف (kāşif, “who discovers or reveals, who investigates, who estimates the value, (formerly) a kind of sheriff under the Memluks in Egypt”),[1][2] from Arabic كَاشِف (kāšif, “reagent, radio detector”), active participle of كَشَفَ (kašafa, “to uncover, to reveal, to expose, to investigate”).[3]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /caːˈʃif/
  • Hyphenation: kâ‧şif

Noun[edit]

kâşif (definite accusative kâşifi, plural kâşifler)

  1. A person who discovers something that previously existed; a discoverer, an explorer.
    Synonym: bulucu

Declension[edit]

Inflection
Nominative kâşif
Definite accusative kâşifi
Singular Plural
Nominative kâşif kâşifler
Definite accusative kâşifi kâşifleri
Dative kâşife kâşiflere
Locative kâşifte kâşiflerde
Ablative kâşiften kâşiflerden
Genitive kâşifin kâşiflerin
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular kâşifim kâşiflerim
2nd singular kâşifsin kâşiflersin
3rd singular kâşif
kâşiftir 		kâşifler
kâşiflerdir
1st plural kâşifiz kâşifleriz
2nd plural kâşifsiniz kâşiflersiniz
3rd plural kâşifler kâşiflerdir

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كاشف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1516
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كاشف”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1005
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kâşif”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading[edit]

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