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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic يَتِيم (yatīm, “orphan”).
Noun
یتیم • (yetim)
- orphan, a person, especially a minor, whose parents have died
- Synonym: اوكسز (öksüz)
Adjective
یتیم • (yetim)
- orphan, orphaned, deprived of parents
- Synonym: اوكسز (öksüz)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yetim1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5307
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “yetîm”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1396
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یتیم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1349
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Orphanus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1223
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “یتیم”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 5562
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yetim”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یتیم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2198
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic يَتِيم (yatīm).
Pronunciation
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yatīm
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yatīm
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yatim
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yatim
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Adjective
یَتیم • (yatim)
- orphan
Noun
یَتیم • (yatim) (plural یتیمان (yatimân))
- orphan
Derived terms
Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic يَتِيم (yatīm).
Noun
یَتِیم • (yatīm) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਯਤੀਮ)
- orphan
- Synonyms: لاوارَث (lāvāras̱), اناتھ
Derived terms
Urdu
Etymology
From Arabic يَتِيم (yatīm).
Pronunciation
Adjective
یَتِیم • (yatīm) (Hindi spelling यतीम)
- orphan
- unique
- singular
- rare
- uncommon
- precious
- incomparable
Noun
یَتِیم • (yatīm) m (Hindi spelling यतीम)
- orphan
- Synonym: اَناتھ (anāth)