یتیم

See also: يتيم

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic يَتِيم (yatīm, “orphan”).

Noun

یتیم • (yetim)

1. orphan, a person, especially a minor, whose parents have died

   Synonym: اوكسز (öksüz)

Adjective

یتیم • (yetim)

1. orphan, orphaned, deprived of parents

   Synonym: اوكسز (öksüz)

Derived terms

• یتیمخانه (yetimhane, “orphanage”)
• یتیملك (yetimlik, “orphanhood”)
• یتیمه (yetime, “orphan woman”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: yetim
• → Albanian: jetim
• → Armenian: եթիմ (etʻim)
• → Georgian: ჲეთიმი (yetimi)
• → Laz: ჲეთიმი (yetimi)
• → Serbo-Croatian: jètīm／јѐтӣм
• → Ubykh: еҭым (etəm)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yetim1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5307
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “yetîm”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1396
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یتیم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1349
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Orphanus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1223
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “یتیم”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 5562
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “yetim”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یتیم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2198

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic يَتِيم (yatīm).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ja.ˈtiːm]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [jä.t̪ʰíːm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [jä.t̪ʰíːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [jä.t̪ʰíːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [jä.t̪ʰím]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [jæ.t̪ʰíːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [jä.t̪ʰím]

Readings
Classical reading?	yatīm
Dari reading?	yatīm
Iranian reading?	yatim
Tajik reading?	yatim

Adjective

یَتیم • (yatim)

1. orphan

Noun

یَتیم • (yatim) (plural یتیمان (yatimân))

1. orphan

Derived terms

• یَتیم‌خانِه (yatim-xâne)

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic يَتِيم (yatīm).

Noun

یَتِیم • (yatīm) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਯਤੀਮ)

1. orphan

   Synonyms: لاوارَث (lāvāras̱), اناتھ

Derived terms

• یَتِیم خانَہ (yatīm xānah)

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic يَتِيم (yatīm).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /jə.t̪iːm/

Adjective

یَتِیم • (yatīm) (Hindi spelling यतीम)

1. orphan
2. unique
3. singular
4. rare
5. uncommon
6. precious
7. incomparable

Noun

یَتِیم • (yatīm) m (Hindi spelling यतीम)

1. orphan

   Synonym: اَناتھ (anāth)