كسم

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Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كسم (kesim).

Noun

كسم • (kasm) m (archaic)

  1. cut, fit, shape

Derived terms

  • كسمة f (kasma, “fit”)
  • كسم (kassim, “to fit”, verb)
  • اتكسم (itkassim, ikkassim, verb)

Verb

كسم • (kassim) II (archaic)

  1. to fit, to try to apply or mould the form of to

References

  • Hinds, Martin, Badawi, El-Said (1986) A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic‎, Beirut: Librairie du Liban, page 751b
  • Littmann, Enno (1954) “Türkisches Sprachgut im Ägyptisch-Arabischen”, in Fritz Meier, editor, Westöstliche Abhandlungen : Rudolf Tschudi zum 70. Geburtstag überreicht von Freunden und Schülern‎, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, page 124
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “كسم”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen, page 885b
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “كسم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 969b

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

كسمك (kesmek, “to cut”) +‎ ـم (-im). Some meanings are inspired by Arabic قِسْم (qism, “part”).

Noun

كسم • (kesim)

  1. cut, the wise in which something is snithen
  2. manner, fashion, form, habit
  3. rebate, affermage fee

Descendants

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