kaim

English

Noun

kaim

  1. Mitragyna parvifolia, a tree of the madder family, found in India.

Estonian

Etymology

Borrowed from a Baltic language, compare Lithuanian kaimas. and Latvian ciems. Cognate to Finnish kaima.

Noun

kaim (genitive kaimu, partitive kaimu)

  1. (dated) relative, tribesman, companion

Declension

Derived terms

Livonian

Alternative forms

Verb

kaim

  1. send

Turkish

Alternative forms

  • kayım

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قائم (ḳaʾim, ḳayım, that stands erect, perpendicular, rectangular, that exists permanently, especially God, the Existing One, that persists)[1][2], from Arabic قَائِم (qāʔim), active participle of قَامَ (qāma, to stand up (to rise from lying or sitting position), to get up)[3].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaːˈim/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧im

Adjective

kaim

  1. (dated) That which replaces something else.
  2. (dated) That which stands erect, that which exists.
  3. (dated, Islam) That which is eternal; God.

Declension

Derived terms

  • kaim olmak

References

  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890), قائم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1429
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911), قائم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 941
  3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), kaim”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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