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”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qai̯˥/

Noun

qaib (classifier: tus)

  1. chicken

Derived terms

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 257-8.
  1. ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 97; 281.
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