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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish كائن, from Arabic كَائِن (kāʔin).
Adjective
kâin (archaic)
- located, situated
- existent
References
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “kâin”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 579
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kâinat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 582