qaib
Azerbaijani edit
Cyrillic | гаиб | |
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Abjad |
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic غَائِب (ḡāʔib).
Adjective edit
qaib (comparative daha qaib, superlative ən qaib)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “qaib” in Obastan.com.
White Hmong edit
Etymology edit
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”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
qaib (classifier: tus)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 257-8.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, pages 97; 281.