gəmi
Azerbaijani
Cyrillic | ҝəми | |
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Abjad | گەمی |
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *gẹ̄mi (“boat”)[1]. Cognate with Crimean Tatar and Turkish gemi, Chuvash кимӗ (kimĕ) etc.
Pronunciation
Noun
gəmi (definite accusative gəmini, plural gəmilər)
- ship
- nicat gəmisi
- the boat of salvation
(a frequent metaphor of Husayn ibn Ali in Shia discourse)
- the boat of salvation
Declension
Declension of gəmi
Possessive forms of gəmi
Derived terms
- buxar gəmisi (“steamer”)
See also
- qayıq (“boat”)
References
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*gẹ̄mi”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill