Kyrgyz

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Etymology

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From Common Turkic *yemiš (fruit), from Proto-Turkic *yẹ̄miĺč (fruit).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (jemiš, fruit); Tatar җимеш (cimeş), Southern Altai јемиш (ǰemiš), Kazakh жеміс (jemıs), Khakas ниміс (nimìs), Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar, Turkish yemiş, Chuvash ҫимӗҫ (śimĕś, fruit).

Compare also Hungarian gyümölcs (fruit), a Turkic borrowing.

Noun

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жимеш (jimeş) (Arabic spelling جىمەش)

  1. fruit