گلیم

Persian

Etymology

Akin to Aramaic גלימא (galīmā, “blanket, garment, cloth”), both from Ancient Greek κάλυμμα (kálumma, “cover, top, covering”) derived from καλύπτω (kalúptō, “to cover”).

Noun

گلیم • (gelim) (plural گلیم‌ها (gelim-hâ))

1. (archaic) a garment made out of wool
2. a rug or carpet made out of coarse material, kilim

Synonyms

• قالی (qâli)
• قالیچه (qâliče)
• قالین (qâlin)
• فرش (farš)

Descendants

• → Bashkir: келәм (keləm)
• → Hindustani:

Hindi: गिलीम (gilīm)

Urdu: گلیم (gilīm)

• → Kazakh: кілем (kılem)
• → Kyrgyz: килем (kilem)
• → Uzbek: gilam
• → Ottoman Turkish: كلیم‎ (kilim)
  • Turkish: kilim
  • → Albanian: qilim, qylym
  • → Armenian: քիլիմ (kʻilim)
  • → Arabic: كِلِيم (kilīm)
  • → Belarusian: кілі́м (kilím)
  • → Bulgarian: кили́м (kilím)
  • → Greek: κιλίμι (kilími)
  • → Macedonian: ќилим (ḱilim)
  • → Pannonian Rusyn: килим (kilim)
  • → Romanian: chilim
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ћѝлим

    Latin script: ćìlim

  • → Ukrainian: ки́лим (kýlym)

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Urdu

Etymology

From Persian گلیم (gelim), from Ancient Greek κάλυμμα (kálumma, “cover, top, covering”) derived from καλύπτω (kalúptō, “to cover”).

Noun

گلیم • (gilīm) m (Hindi spelling गिलीम)

1. a garment made out of wool
2. carpet
3. rug
4. blanket

Related terms

• قالی (qālī)
• قالیچہ (qālīcā)
• قالین (qālīn)