كلیم

See also: كليم and گلیم

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian گلیم (gelim, “carpet”), from Ancient Greek κάλυμμα (kálumma, “covering”) from καλύπτω (kalúptō, “to cover”).

Noun

كلیم • (kilim)

  1. carpet, a fabric used as a complete floor covering
    Synonym: خالی (halı)
Descendants
  • Turkish: kilim
  • → Albanian: qilim, qylym
  • → Armenian: քիլիմ (kʻilim)
  • → Arabic: كِلِيم (kilīm)
  • → Belarusian: кілі́м (kilím)
  • → Bulgarian: кили́м (kilím)
  • → Greek: κιλίμι (kilími)
  • → Macedonian: ќилим (ḱilim)
  • → Romanian: chilim
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ћѝлим
    Latin script: ćìlim
  • → Ukrainian: ки́лим (kýlym)

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic كَلِيم (kalīm, “interlocutor”), a derivation from the verb كَلَّمَ (kallama, “to speak, talk”).

Noun

كلیم • (kelim)

  1. interlocutor, collocutor, conversant, a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
    Synonym: متكلم (mütekellim)
Derived terms
  • كلیم اللّٰه (kelimʼullah, “Moses”)
  • كلیمدست (kelimdest, “talented”)
Descendants

Further reading

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