كشف

كَشَفَ • (kašafa) I (non-past يَكْشِفُ (yakšifu), verbal noun كَشْف (kašf) or كَشِفَة (kašifa))

1. to remove, to uncover, to reveal
2. to publish, to communicate
3. to expose
4. to investigate (the facts of a case)
5. to reconnoiter
6. to visit (عَلَى (ʕalā) a sick person)
7. (construed with عَن (ʕan)) to remove, to relieve, to lift off of or pick up something from another thing, to free or let out

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “كشف”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

كَشْف • (kašf) m

1. verbal noun of كَشَفَ (kašafa) (form I)

• → Azerbaijani: kəşf
• → Northern Kurdish: keşf
• → Ottoman Turkish: كشف (keşf, keşif)
  • Turkish: keşif
  • → Armenian: քէշֆ (kʻēšf), քէֆշ (kʻēfš)
• → Persian: کشف (kašf)
• → Swahili: kashfa
• → Tatar: кәшеф (käşef), käşef
• → Uyghur: كەشپ (keshp)
• → Uzbek: kashf

Borrowed from Arabic كَشْف (kašf, “discovery”).

كشف • (keşf or keşif) (definite accusative كشفی (keşfi), plural كشفیات (keşfiyyât))

1. revelation, exposure, disclosure, the act of exposing or uncovering something, such as a scandal

   Synonym: افشا (ifşâ)

2. discovery, finding, unearthing, the act or instance of discovering or finding something new by chance
3. investigation, inquiry, quest, an especially patient or thorough examination in order to ascertain facts

   Synonym: بحث (bahs, bahis)

4. (finance) valuation, estimating, the determination of the economic value, worth, or price of something
5. (military) reconnaissance, recon, the act of scouting or exploring by military forces to gain information

• Turkish: keşif
• → Armenian: քէշֆ (kʻēšf), քէֆշ (kʻēfš)

Borrowed from Persian کشف (kašaf, “tortoise, turtle”), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (kšwk' /⁠kašawag⁠/, “tortoise”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *kacyápah.

كشف • (keşef) (definite accusative كشفی (keşefi), plural كشفلر (keşefler))

1. tortoise, turtle, terrapin, any reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body

   Synonyms: طوسبغه (tosbağa), قاپلو بغه (kaplı bağa)

2. (astrology) Cancer, the zodiac sign for the crab, ruled by the Moon and covering June 22–July 22 or July 16–August 15

• Turkish: keşef

From Arabic كَشَفَ (kašafa).

• IPA^(key): /ka.ʃaf/, [ˈka.ʃaf]

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كشف • (kašaf) I (present بكشف (bikšif))

1. to reveal, to expose, to uncover
2. to discover