Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish كسم (kesim).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

քէսիմ (kʻēsim) (Western Armenian, obsolete, traditional orthography)

  1. cut, figure
    Synonyms: կտրվածք (ktrvackʻ), ձեւ (jew)
  2. fashionable air, fashionable appearance, toilet
    Synonyms: սիգանք (sigankʻ), շնորհք (šnorhkʻ)

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References edit

  • Ananean, Mkrtičʻ (1769) “քէսիմ”, in Baṙgirkʻ Haykazean lezui. Baṙgirkʻ yašxarhabaṙē i grabaṙn [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Dictionary from New Armenian into Old Armenian]‎[1] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 678b
  • Hiwrmiwzean, Eduard (1869) “քէսիմ”, in Baṙgirkʻ yašxarhabaṙē i grabaṙ [New Armenian – Old Armenian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 556a
  • Riggs, Elias (1847) “քէսիմ”, in A Vocabulary of Words Used in Modern Armenian But Not Found in the Ancient Armenian Lexicons, Smyrna: W. Griffitt, page 154a