ضایعات
Ottoman Turkish edit
Alternative forms edit
- ضائعات (zayiat)
Etymology edit
Pseudo-Arabism, derived from ضَائِع (ḍāʔiʕ), active participle of ضَاعَ (ḍāʕa).
Noun edit
ضایعات • (zayiat) (definite accusative ضایعاتی (zayiatı))
- losses
- (military) casualties
- 1927 October, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk[1], page 341:
- بو دشمن قارشیسنده بولنان ۲۳ نجی فرقه و ملی قوتلرمز ، چوق ضایعاته و ضعفه اوغرادی!
- Bu duşman karşısında bulunan 23'ncü firka ve millî kuvvetlerimiz çok zayiata ve zaafa uğradı!
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants edit
- Turkish: zayiat
References edit
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “zayiat”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 1275
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ضایعات”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 782b
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zayi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ضائعات”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1205