Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabic كيىم
Cyrillic киім
Latin kiım
Yañalif kijm

Etymology

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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

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Noun

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киім (kiım)

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

Declension

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