Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كاشف (kāşif, “who discovers or reveals, who investigates, who estimates the value, (formerly) a kind of sheriff under the Memluks in Egypt”),[1][2] from Arabic كَاشِف (kāšif, “reagent, radio detector”), active participle of كَشَفَ (kašafa, “to uncover, to reveal, to expose, to investigate”).[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /caːˈʃif/
- Hyphenation: kâ‧şif
Noun
kâşif (definite accusative kâşifi, plural kâşifler)
- A person who discovers something that previously existed; a discoverer, an explorer.
- Synonym: bulucu
Declension
Declension of kâşif
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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kâşif
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kâşifler
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| definite accusative
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kâşifi
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kâşifleri
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| dative
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kâşife
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kâşiflere
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| locative
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kâşifte
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kâşiflerde
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| ablative
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kâşiften
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kâşiflerden
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| genitive
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kâşifin
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kâşiflerin
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Predicative forms
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singular
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plural
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| 1st singular
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kâşifim
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kâşiflerim
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| 2nd singular
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kâşifsin
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kâşiflersin
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| 3rd singular
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kâşif
kâşiftir
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kâşifler
kâşiflerdir
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| 1st plural
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kâşifiz
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kâşifleriz
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| 2nd plural
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kâşifsiniz
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kâşiflersiniz
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| 3rd plural
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kâşifler
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kâşiflerdir
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References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كاشف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1516
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كاشف”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1005
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kâşif”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading