كليم

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Arabic

Root
ك ل م (k l m)
12 terms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb كَلَّمَ (kallama, to talk to).

Noun

كَلِيم (kalīmm (plural كُلَمَاء (kulamāʔ))

  1. one who speaks with another person
Declension
Derived terms

Adjective

كَلِيم (kalīm) (common plural كَلْمَى (kalmā))

  1. wounded, injured, vulnerated
Declension

Etymology 2

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

Noun

كِلِيم (kilīmm

  1. carpet, rug
Declension

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “كليم”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 486
  • Freytag, Georg (1837) “كليم”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 56
  • Vollers, Karl (1896) “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 50, page 618