жемиш

Kyrgyz

Etymology

From Common Turkic *yemiš (“fruit”), from Proto-Turkic *yẹ̄miĺč (“fruit”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (jemiš, “fruit”); Tatar җимеш (cimeş), Bashkir емеш (yemeş) Southern Altai јемиш (ǰemiš), Kazakh жеміс (jemıs), Khakas ниміс (nimìs), Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar, Turkish yemiş, Chuvash ҫимӗҫ (śimĕś, “fruit”).

Compare also Hungarian gyümölcs (“fruit”), a Turkic borrowing.

Noun

жемиш • (jemiş) (Arabic spelling جەمىش)

1. fruit, berry