kesif

See also: keşif

Abinomn

Noun

kesif

1. lake

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كثیف, from Arabic كَثِيف (kaṯīf).

Adjective

kesif

1. dense, thick

   Synonym: sık

   • 1930 January 10, “Belgrat sis altında [Belgrade under fog]”, in Yarın, page 1:

     Bütün şehir 24 saatten beri kesif bir sis tabakası altında bulunmaktadir.

     For the past 24 hours the whole city has been under a dense layer of fog.

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kesif”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كثیف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1526
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN