քյասիբ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كاسب (kasib) and Azerbaijani kasıb, ultimately from Arabic كَاسِب (kāsib).

Pronunciation

Adjective

քյասիբ (kʿyasib) (superlative ամենաքյասիբ) (dialectal, colloquial)

  1. poor (with little or no possessions or money)
    Synonym: աղքատ (aġkʿat)

Declension

Derived terms

  • քյասիբանալ (kʿyasibanal)
  • քյասիբություն (kʿyasibutʿyun)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1902), քյասիպ”, in Tʿurkʿerēni azdecʿutʿiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʿurkʿerēnē pʿoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʿeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944–1945), քասիբ”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
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