kilim

• kelim
• khilim
• kylym

Borrowed from Turkish kilim, from Persian گلیم (gelim), akin to Aramaic גלימא (galīmā, “blanket, garment, cloth”), both from Ancient Greek κάλυμμα (kálumma, “cover, top, covering”) derived from καλύπτω (kalúptō, “to cover”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kɪˈliːm/, /ˈkiː.lɪm/^[1]
• (US) IPA^(key): /kiˈlim/, /ˈkɪ.lɪm/^[2]
• Rhymes: -iːm

kilim (plural kilims)

1. A flat tapestry-woven carpet or rug from Turkey or Kurdistan.
   • 1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 183:

     The khan they all deferred to was a wiry, hook-nosed man with a growth of grey stubble on his chin, who sat on a kelim, listening to the others' arguments without moving a muscle.

• gilim

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kilim

1. to hit

Borrowed from Persian گلیم (gelim, “rug, carpet”).

kilim

1. rug, kilim

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
• “kilim”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Unadapted borrowing from Turkish kilim, from Ottoman Turkish كلیم (kilim, “carpet”), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (kilīm, “blanket”), from Persian گلیم (gelim, “blanket, garment, cloth, carpet”).

• IPA^(key): /kiˈlim/
• Rhymes: -im
• Hyphenation: ki‧lìm

kilim m (invariable)

1. kilim

   Hypernym: tappeto

• kilim in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

From English kill.

kilim

1. hit
2. kill

From English kill + -im.

kilim trans.

1. hit

Kilim does not always imply killing, nor does dai always imply death, but kilim i dai does.

• paitim

From Ottoman Turkish كلیم (kilim, “carpet”), from Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (kilīm, “blanket”), from Persian گلیم (gelim, “blanket, garment, cloth, carpet”).^[1]

kilim (definite accusative kilimi, plural kilimler)

1. carpet
2. rug

• kulübe
• kiler