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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Persian گلیم (gelim, “carpet”), from Ancient Greek κάλυμμα (kálumma, “covering”) from καλύπτω (kalúptō, “to cover”).
Noun
كلیم • (kilim)
- carpet, a fabric used as a complete floor covering
- Synonym: خالی (halı)
Descendants
Further reading
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kilim”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2670
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “كلیم”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français, Vienna: F. Beck, page 394b
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كلیم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1037
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Tapes”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1649
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كلیم”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 4008
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kilim”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كلیم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1568
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic كَلِيم (kalīm, “interlocutor”), a derivation from the verb كَلَّمَ (kallama, “to speak, talk”).
Noun
كلیم • (kelim)
- interlocutor, collocutor, conversant, a person who takes part in dialogue or conversation
- Synonym: متكلم (mütekellim)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kelim1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2533
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “kelîm”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 605
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كلیم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1037
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كلیم”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 4008
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كلیم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1568