Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

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

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

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “քյասիպ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944–1945) “քասիբ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House