كیم

See also: كىم and کیم

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kem

Pronoun

كِیمْ (kim)

1. (interrogative) who

Etymology 2

From كَیْمَكْ (to wear)

Noun

كِیمْ or كَیِمْ (gėyim)

1. clothing
2. style

Derived terms

• كَیِمْلُو (gėyimlü, “clothed”)

 

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: geyim
• Gagauz: giiyim
• Ottoman Turkish: گییم (giyim)
  • Turkish: giyim

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kem (“who”).

Pronoun

كیم • (kim)

1. who

Derived terms

• كیمه (kime, “to whom”)
• كیمی (kimi, “whom”)

Descendants

• Gagauz: kim
• Turkish: kim

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كیم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1068