كییم

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• կիյիմ (giyim), կէյիմ (geyim) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish كَیِمْ (gėyim). Related to گییمك (giymek, “to wear, to put on”)

Noun

گییم • (giyim)

1. clothing
2. style, manner of clothing

Related terms

• گییملی (giyimli, “clothed”)

Descendants

• Turkish: giyim

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كییم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1069