کیمه

See also: كیمه

Chagatai

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kẹ̄mi.

Noun

کیمه (kemä)

  1.  ship

Descendants

  • Uyghur: كېمە (këme)
  • Uzbek: kema
  • Classical Persian: کیمَه (kēma)

Persian

Alternative forms

  • گمی (gami)

Etymology

Borrowed from Chagatai کیمه (kemä), from Proto-Turkic *kẹ̄mi. The form گمی (gami) is from Azerbaijani gəmi.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? kēma
Dari reading? kēma
Iranian reading? kime
Tajik reading? kema

Noun

کیمه • (kēma / kime) (Tajik spelling кема)

  1. ship, vessel

References

  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1967), Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission)‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 668–669 Nr. 1703