քյասիբ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كاسب (kasib) and Azerbaijani kasıb, ultimately from Arabic كَاسِب (kāsib).

Pronunciation

Adjective

քյասիբ • (kʻyasib) (superlative ամենաքյասիբ) (dialectal, colloquial)

  1. poor (with little or no possessions or money)
    Synonym: աղքատ (aġkʻat)

Declension

Derived terms

  • քյասիբանալ (kʻyasibanal)
  • քյասիբություն (kʻyasibutʻyun)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “քյասիպ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “քասիբ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
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