zayi

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ضائع, from Arabic ضَائِع (ḍāʔiʕ), active participle of ضَاعَ (ḍāʕa).

Adjective

zayi

  1. lost
  2. gone
  3. destroyed

Derived terms
  • zayi etmek (“to lose”)
  • zayi olmak (“to be lost”)

References
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ضائع”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1205
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 1275
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