keşif
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish كشف (keşf), from Arabic كَشْف (kašf), verbal noun of كَشَفَ (kašafa, “to remove, uncover, reveal, expose, investigate”).
Noun
keşif (definite accusative keşfi, plural keşifler)
- discovery, exploration
- estimating (cost, value, condition)
- (military) reconnaissance
Declension
| Inflection | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | keşif | |
| Definite accusative | keşfi | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | keşif | keşifler |
| Definite accusative | keşfi | keşifleri |
| Dative | keşfe | keşiflere |
| Locative | keşifte | keşiflerde |
| Ablative | keşiften | keşiflerden |
| Genitive | keşfin | keşiflerin |
Related terms
- inkişaf
- istikşaf
- kâşif
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “كشف”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1029
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “keşif”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “كشف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1552
- The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN