kesif

See also: keşif

Abinomn

Noun

kesif

  1. lake

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كثیف, from Arabic كَثِيف (kaṯīf).

Adjective

kesif

  1. dense, thick
    Synonym: sık
    • 1930 January 10, “Belgrat sis altında [Belgrade under fog]”, in Yarın, page 1:
      Bütün şehir 24 saatten beri kesif bir sis tabakası altında bulunmaktadir.
      For the past 24 hours the whole city has been under a dense layer of fog.

References
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kesif”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كثیف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1526
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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