Kumyk

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *kiĺi.

Noun

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гиши (gişi)

  1. person

Declension

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Pronoun

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гиши (gişi)

  1. someone
  2. someone else
    Гишини элинде солтан болгъунча, оьз элингде ултан бол. (proverb)
    Gişini elinde soltan bolğunça, öz eliñde ultan bol.
    It is better to be a simple man in your own land that a sultan in someone else's.

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