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From Turkic. Compare Azerbaijani kilsə, Turkish kilise.
килисаь • (kilisä) (Nij)
- church
- Synonym: ҝерҝецӏ (gʲergʲec̣)
- Gukasjan, Vorošil (1974) “килисаь”, in Удинско-азербайджанско-русский словарь [Udi–Azerbaijani–Russian Dictionary][1], Baku: Academy Press, page 136