كليم

Arabic

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -iːm

Etymology 1

From the root ك ل م‎ (k-l-m).

Noun

كَلِيم • (kalīm) m (plural كُلَمَاء‎ (kulamāʔ))

  1. one who speaks with another person
Declension
Derived terms
  • كَلِيم اللّٰه‎ (kalīm allāh)

Adjective

كَلِيم • (kalīm) (common plural كَلْمَى‎ (kalmā))

  1. wounded, injured, vulnerated
Declension

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish كلیم‎ (kilim), from Persian گلیم‎ (gelim), from Ancient Greek κάλυμμα (kálumma, “covering”) from καλύπτω (kalúptō, “to cover”).

Noun

كِلِيم • (kilīm) m

  1. carpet, rug
Declension

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “كليم”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 486
  • Freytag, Georg (1837), “كليم”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 56
  • Vollers, Karl (1896), “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 50, page 618
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