ким

See also: КиМ, Ким, ким-, and Appendix:Variations of "kim"

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kim]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -im

Noun

ким • (kim) m

1. (uncountable) caraway (Persian cumin, Carum carvi)

Declension

Declension of ким

	singular
indefinite	ким kim
definite (subject form)	ки́мът kímǎt
definite (object form)	ки́ма kíma

Dolgan

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kem, compare Turkish kim.

Pronoun

ким • (kim)

1. who

Karachay-Balkar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kem (“who”).

Pronoun

ким • (kim)

1. who

Kumyk

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kem (“who”).

Pronoun

ким • (kim)

1. who

Kyrgyz

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kem (“who”).

Pronoun

ким • (kim) (Arabic spelling كىم)

1. who

   Бул ким? ― Bul kim? ― Who is he?

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kim]

Noun

ким • (kim) m

1. caraway, cumin

Declension

Declension of ким

	singular
indefinite	ким (kim)
definite unspecified	кимот (kimot)
definite proximal	кимов (kimov)
definite distal	кимон (kimon)
vocative	киму (kimu)

Further reading

• “ким” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu
• “ким” in Официјален дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Oficijalen digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) − makedonski.gov.mk (in Macedonian)
• ким in Makedonisch Info (germansko-makedonski rečnik, makedonsko-germanski rečnik)

Nogai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kem.

Pronoun

ким • (kim)

1. who

References

• N. A. Baskakov, S.A Kalmykov, editor (1963), “ким”, in Nogajsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Nogai-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: karačajevo-čerkesskij naučno- issledovatelʹskij institut jazyka, literatury i istorii, →ISBN

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak kým, originally only the instrumental form, likely merged with the locative form due to influence from Carpathian Rusyn кім (kim).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkim]
• Rhymes: -im
• Hyphenation: ким

Pronoun

ким (kim)

1. instrumental/locative of хто (xto)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Kümmel, from Latin cuminum, from Ancient Greek κύμινον (kúminon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kîm/

Noun

ки̏м m inan (Latin spelling kȉm)

1. caraway (Persian cumin)

Declension

Declension of ким

	singular	plural
nominative	ким	кимови
genitive	кима	кимова
dative	киму	кимовима
accusative	ким	кимове
vocative	киме	кимови
locative	киму	кимовима
instrumental	кимом	кимовима

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kîːm/

Pronoun

ки̑м ? (Latin spelling kȋm)

1. (with) whom (instrumental)

Declension

Declension of ким

	singular/plural
nominative	тко̏, ко̏
genitive	ко̀га, ко̏г
dative	ко̀му, ко̀ме, kȍm
accusative	ко̀га, ко̏г
vocative	—
locative	ко̀м, ко̀ме
instrumental	ки̑м, ки́ме

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɪm]

Pronoun

ким • (kym)

1. instrumental of хто (xto)

Yakut

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *kem (“who”).

Pronoun

ким • (kim)

1. who

Derived terms

• ким да (kim da, “anybody, nobody”)
• ким даҕаны (kim dağanï, “anybody, nobody”)
• ким эмэ (kim eme, “anybody”)
• ким эрэ (kim ere, “somebody”)

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Verb

ким • (kim)

1. (transitive) to press, to push

   See synonyms at баттаа (battaa).

2. to break through, to advance

   кимэн киир ― kimen kiir ― to advance

3. (as кимэн, followed by a verb) to do something obsessively or corrosively

   кимэн иэстээ ― kimen iestee ― to obsessively demand payment of a debt