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kıtlık — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • dearth noun A serious shortage or scarcity of something.
  • famine noun A severe, widespread shortage of food, often causing mass starvation.
  • scarcity noun A shortage; the state of not having enough of something.

Senses

kıtlık is used for these senses in English:

  • dearth (transitive, dated, obsolete) To cause or produce a scarcity in something.
  • famine (countable) A period of extreme shortage of food in a region.
  • scarcity (uncountable) The condition of something being scarce or deficient.
  • scarcity (countable) An inadequate amount of something; a shortage.

famine — full definition

  1. noun A severe, widespread shortage of food, often causing mass starvation.
  2. noun A severe shortage of something in general, not just food.

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