Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *kidiŕ (felt). Cognate with Kazakh киіз (kiız), Nogai кийиз (kiyiz), Kyrgyz кийиз (kiyiz), Crimean Tatar kiyiz, Karaim kijiz, Kumyk кийиз (kiyiz), Azerbaijani kiyiz, Turkish kiyiz, Uzbek kigiz, Uyghur kigiz, Khakas киис (kiis), Shor киис, Tuvan кидис (kidis), etc

Noun

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кийис (kiyis)

  1. felt