kaim

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

kaim

  1. Mitragyna parvifolia, a tree of the madder family, found in India.

Estonian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from a Baltic language, compare Lithuanian kaimas. and Latvian ciems. Cognate to Finnish kaima.

Noun[edit]

kaim (genitive kaimu, partitive kaimu)

  1. (dated) relative, tribesman, companion

Declension[edit]

Declension of kaim (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative kaim kaimud
accusative nom.
gen. kaimu
genitive kaimude
partitive kaimu kaime
kaimusid
illative kaimu
kaimusse
kaimudesse
kaimesse
inessive kaimus kaimudes
kaimes
elative kaimust kaimudest
kaimest
allative kaimule kaimudele
kaimele
adessive kaimul kaimudel
kaimel
ablative kaimult kaimudelt
kaimelt
translative kaimuks kaimudeks
kaimeks
terminative kaimuni kaimudeni
essive kaimuna kaimudena
abessive kaimuta kaimudeta
comitative kaimuga kaimudega

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Verb[edit]

kaim

  1. send

Turkish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قائم (ḳaʾim, ḳayım, that stands erect, perpendicular, rectangular, that exists permanently, especially God, the Existing One, that persists),[1][2] from Arabic قَائِم (qāʔim), active participle of قَامَ (qāma, to stand up (to rise from lying or sitting position), to get up).[3]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kaːˈim/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧im

Adjective[edit]

kaim

  1. (dated) That which replaces something else.
  2. (dated) That which stands erect, that which exists.
  3. (dated, Islam) That which is eternal; God.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قائم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1429
  2. ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911), “قائم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 941
  3. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “kaim”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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