килим

Bulgarian

Etymology

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

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Noun

кили́м • (kilím) m

1. rug, carpet

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Further reading

• “килим”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كلیم (kilim) (Turkish kilim), from Persian گلیم (gelim).

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Noun

килим • (kilim) m (plural килими, diminutive килимче)

1. carpet
2. rug
3. tapestry
4. gobelin

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Synonyms

• тепих (tepih)

Russian

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Alternative forms

• кили́мъ (kilím) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

Borrowed from Crimean Tatar kilim, Ottoman Turkish كلیم (kilim).

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Noun

кили́м • (kilím) m inan (genitive кили́ма, nominative plural кили́мы, genitive plural кили́мов)

1. (archaic, Ukraine, Orenburg, Belgorod, Caucasus) rug, carpet

   Synonym: (regular term) ковёр (kovjór)

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Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “килим”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Crimean Tatar kilim or Ottoman Turkish كلیم (kilim), from Persian گلیم (gelim), from Ancient Greek κάλυμμα (kálumma, “covering”). Compare Russian, Bulgarian, and Macedonian кили́м (kilím), Belarusian кілі́м (kilím) and Serbo-Croatian ћѝлим/ćìlim.

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Noun

ки́лим • (kýlym) m inan (genitive ки́лима, nominative plural килими́, genitive plural килимі́в, diminutive килимо́к)

1. rug, carpet
2. (Canada) tapestry, gobelin, wall hanging

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References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “килим”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “килим”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
• “килим”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)