كاسب

Arabic

Etymology

Active participle of كَسَبَ (kasaba, to gain), from ك س ب (k-s-b).

Adjective

كَاسِب • (kāsib) (feminine كَاسِبَة (kāsiba), masculine plural كَاسِبُونَ (kāsibūna), feminine plural كَاسِبَات (kāsibāt) or كَوَاسِب (kawāsib), elative أَكْسَب (ʔaksab))

  1. gainer, earner

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: kasıb
    • Armenian: քյասիբ (kʻyasib)
  • Ottoman Turkish: كاسب (kasib)
    • Turkish: kâsıp, kâsıf (dialectal)
    • Armenian: քյասիբ (kʻyasib)

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “كاسب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 4
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “كاسب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 966
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