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^[1], 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^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 782b
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “zayi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ضائعات”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1205