كساد

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَسَاد (kasād, unsalableness; economic depression), verbal noun of كَسَدَ (kasada, to run not well, to be stagnant).

Noun

كساد • (kesad)

  1. unsaleableness, the state or quality of being unsellable or unmarketable
  2. (economics) stagnation, depression, a period of major economic contraction

Derived terms

  • كسادلق (kesadlık, time or condition of stagnation)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kesat
  • Albanian: qesat
  • Armenian: քէսատ (kʻēsat), քյասադ (kʻyasad)

Further reading

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