քէսիմ

Armenian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كسم (kesim).

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. cut, figure
    Synonyms: կտրվածք (ktrvackʿ), ձեւ (jew)
  2. fashionable air, fashionable appearance, toilet
    Synonyms: սիգանք (sigankʿ), շնորհք (šnorhkʿ)

Declension

Alternative forms

  • քէսիմլի (kʿēsimli)

References

  • Ananean, Mkrtičʿ (1769), քէսիմ”, in Baṙgirkʿ Haykazean lezui. Baṙgirkʿ yašxarhabaṙē i grabaṙn [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Dictionary from New Armenian into Old Armenian] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 678b
  • Hiwrmiwzean, Eduard (1869), քէսիմ”, in Baṙgirkʿ 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
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