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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish غائب (gayıb), from Arabic غَائِب (ḡāʔib).
Pronunciation
Adjective
kayıp
- lost
- Synonym: yitik
Noun
kayıp (definite accusative kaybı, plural kayıplar)
- loss
- (military) casualties
Declension
Derived terms
- gaip (“absent, lost; invisible”)
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kayıp”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN