Where does “kaybetmek” come from?

kaybetmek (Turkish) comes from Turkish kayıp, from Hijazi Arabic غايب, from Arabic غَائِب.

kaybetmek (Turkish): to lose

Definitions

  1. to lose

Ancestry of “kaybetmek”, step by step

kaybetmek traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish kayıp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishkayıplost
2Hijazi Arabicغايبabsent; an absent person
3Arabicغَائِب—

via Turkish etmek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishetmekto do; to make; to equal
2Turkishyerle bir etmekto destroy, to ruin

via Ottoman Turkish قائب ایتمك

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقائب ایتمك—

Words derived from “kaybetmek”

Every word from Arabic غَائِب →Every word from Hijazi Arabic غايب →Every word from Turkish kayıp →