cazip

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish جاذب (cāzib, that draws to itself, that attracts, attractive),[1][2] from Arabic جَاذِب (jāḏib, attractive), active participle of جَذَبَ (jaḏaba, to attract, to captivate).[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒaːˈzip/
  • Hyphenation: ca‧zip

Adjective

cazip

  1. attractive, alluring
    Synonyms: alımlı, cazibeli

Declension

Predicative forms of cazip
present tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I am) cazibim cazip miyim?
sen (you are) cazipsin cazip misin?
o (he/she/it is) cazip / caziptir cazip mi?
biz (we are) cazibiz cazip miyiz?
siz (you are) cazipsiniz cazip misiniz?
onlar (they are) cazip(ler) cazip(ler) mi?
past tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) caziptim cazip miydim?
sen (you were) caziptin cazip miydin?
o (he/she/it was) cazipti cazip miydi?
biz (we were) caziptik cazip miydik?
siz (you were) caziptiniz cazip miydiniz?
onlar (they were) caziptiler cazip miydiler?
indirect past
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) cazipmişim cazip miymişim?
sen (you were) cazipmişsin cazip miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was) cazipmiş cazip miymiş?
biz (we were) cazipmişiz cazip miymişiz?
siz (you were) cazipmişsiniz cazip miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were) cazipmişler cazip miymişler?
conditional
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (if I) cazipsem cazip miysem?
sen (if you) cazipsen cazip miysen?
o (if he/she/it) cazipse cazip miyse?
biz (if we) cazipsek cazip miysek?
siz (if you) cazipseniz cazip miyseniz?
onlar (if they) cazipseler cazip miyseler?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

References

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جاذب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 634
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جاذب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 429
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “cazip”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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