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Turkish
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /caːˈʃif/
- Hyphenation: kâ‧şif
Noun
kâşif (definite accusative kâşifi, plural kâşifler)
- A person who discovers something that previously existed; a discoverer, an explorer.
- Synonym: bulucu
Declension
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كاشف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1516
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كاشف”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1005
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kâşif”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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