kaskatı
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قاص قاتی (ḳaṣ ḳatı),[1] intensive form of قاتی (ḳatı).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkas.ka.tɯ/
- Hyphenation: kas‧ka‧tı
Adjective
kaskatı (not comparable)
- intensive of katı (“solid, stiff, hard”)
- (figuratively) intolerant, ruthless, hardhearted
Derived terms
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قاص قاتی قالمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1407
Further reading
- “kaskatı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kaskatı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2458
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