Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *ged- (to put on).

Cognate with Azerbaijani geymək, Bashkir кейеү (keyew), Kazakh кию (kiü), Kumyk гиймек (giymek), Kyrgyz кийүү (kiyüü), Crimean Tatar kiymek, Shor кезерге, Tatar кию (kiyu), Turkish giymek, Uzbek kiymoq, Uyghur كىيمەك (kiymek), Tuvan кедер (keder), Yakut кэтии (ketii), etc.

Verb

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кийер (kiyer)

  1. to put on
  2. to wear
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References

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  • N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “кийер”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN
  • Sevortjan, E. V. (1980) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Nauka, pages 12, 13 pages