qaib

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		гаиб
Abjad

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَائِب (ḡāʔib).

Adjective

qaib (comparative daha qaib, superlative ən qaib)

1. absent

Derived terms

• qaiblik

Further reading

• “qaib” in Obastan.com.

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *Kəi (“chicken”), likely borrowed from Chinese 鷄／鸡 (jī, “id”). Compare also Proto-Tai *kajᴮ (“id”), whence Lao ໄກ່ (kai, “id”) and Thai ไก่ (gài, “id”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qai̯˥/

Noun

qaib (classifier: tus)

1. chicken

Derived terms

• lau qaib (“rooster”)
• poj qaib (“hen”)

 

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 257-8.