Old Turkic
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *kiĺi (“person, people”).
cognates
Cognate with Azerbaijani kişi, Bashkir кеше (keşe), Kazakh кісі (kısı), Khakas кізі (kìzì), Kyrgyz киши (kişi), Shor кижи, Tatar кеше (keşe), Turkish kişi, Turkmen kişi, Tuvan кижи (kiji), Yakut киһи (kihi), Uyghur كىشى (kishi), Uzbek kishi.
Noun
𐰚𐰃𐰾𐰃 (kiši)
- man, human, person
𐰚𐰃𐰾𐰃: 𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰃: 𐰸𐰆𐰯: 𐰇𐰠𐰏𐰠𐰃: 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰇𐰢𐰾- Kiši oγlï qōp ölgeli törümiš.
- The children of man all came into existence to die.
