ضایعات

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms
  • ضائعات (zayiat)

Etymology

Pseudo-Arabism, derived from ضَائِع (ḍāʔiʕ), active participle of ضَاعَ (ḍāʕa).

Noun

ضایعات • (zayiat) (definite accusative ضایعاتی (zayiatı))

  1. losses
  2. (military) casualties
    • 1927 October, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk‎, page 341:
      بو دشمن قارشیسنده بولنان ۲۳ نجی فرقه و ملی قوتلرمز ، چوق ضایعاته و ضعفه اوغرادی!
      Bu duşman karşısında bulunan 23'ncü firka ve millî kuvvetlerimiz çok zayiata ve zaafa uğradı!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants
  • Turkish: zayiat

References
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “zayiat”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 1275
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ضایعات”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 782b
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zayi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ضائعات”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1205
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