Arabic edit

Etymology edit

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

Adjective edit

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

  1. gainer, earner

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Azerbaijani: kasıb
    • Armenian: քյասիբ (kʿyasib)
  • Ottoman Turkish: كاسب (kasib)

References edit

  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “كاسب”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (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