kıt kanaat

Turkish

Etymology

From kıt (“scarce, insufficient”) +‎ kanaat (“contentment, making do with”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɯt.ka.naːat/
• Hyphenation: kıt‧ka‧na‧at

Adverb

kıt kanaat

1. (idiomatic) In poverty, scarcity, hand-to-mouth, scantly.

   Synonym: kıtı kıtına

Related terms

• aklı kıt
• ikna
• kanaatkâr
• kani
• kıtlık

 

Further reading

• “kıt kanaat”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kıt kanaat”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2641