𐰚𐰓𐰢

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Common Turkic *kedim (“outfit, clothing”) equivalent to 𐰚𐰓 (ked-, “to wear”) +‎ 𐰢 (-im). Cognate with Turkish giyim, Uzbek kiyim, Bashkir кейем (kejem).

Noun

𐰚𐰓𐰢 (kedim)

1. clothing
   • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E33

     𐰇𐰲𐰨:𐰘𐰏𐰤:𐰾𐰃𐰠𐰏:𐰋𐰏𐰭:𐰚𐰓𐰢𐰠𐰏:𐱃𐰆𐰺𐰍:𐱃:𐰋𐰃𐰤𐰯:𐱅𐰏𐰓𐰃

     üčünč:yegen:silig:begiŋ:kedimlig:toruɣ:at:binip:tegdi

     Thirdly, he mounted Lord Yegen Silig's dressed bay horse and attacked.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968), “kädim”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 349
• M. Kh Abuseitova, B. Bukhatuly, editors (2008), “𐰚𐰓𐰢 [k²d²m]”, in TÜRIK BITIG, Language Committee of Ministry of Culture and Information of Republic of Kazakhstan
• Clauson, Gerard (1972), “keḏim”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 704