lakayıt

Turkish

Alternative forms

  • lakayd, lakayt (superseded spellings)

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish لا قید‎ (lā ḳayd, “"There is no need for anxiety;" who feels no care or anxiety”),[1] from Arabic لَا قَيْد‎ (lā qayd), from لَا‎ (lā, “no, not”) and قَيْد‎ (qayd, “chain, bond, restriction, registration”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laːkaˈjɯt/
  • Hyphenation: la‧ka‧yıt

Adjective

lakayıt

  1. careless, uninterested, indifferent
    Synonym: ilgisiz

Declension

Adverb

lakayıt

  1. In a careless and indifferent manner.

Derived terms

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قید”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1504
  2. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “lakayt”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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