Kazakh edit

Alternative scripts
Arabic كيىم
Cyrillic киім
Latin kiım
Yañalif kijm

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *ked-i-m (deverbal noun from *ked-); equivalent to ки- (ki-) +‎ -ім (-ım). Earliest attested in Qarakhanid Turkic. Cognate with Bashkir кейем (keyem), Kyrgyz, Southern Altai кийим (kiyim), Tatar кием (kiyem), Uzbek kiyim (clothing), Turkish giyim, etc.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

киім (kiım)

  1. clothes, clothing, garments
  2. costume, attire

Declension edit