kavim

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قوم (ḳavm, “a party, group, class of people, a people, nation”), from Old Anatolian Turkish قوم (qevm), from Arabic قَوْم (qawm, “people, nation, tribe”), from قَامَ (qāma, “to rise, to stand up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈvim/
• Hyphenation: ka‧vim

Noun

kavim (definite accusative kavmi, plural kavimler or (dated) akvam)

1. (sociology) A group of people who share a common culture, language, traditions, as well as ancestry; a people, nation, tribe.

   Synonyms: budun, kabile, ulus, millet

Declension

Declension of kavim

singular plural nominative kavim kavimler definite accusative kavmi kavimleri dative kavme kavimlere locative kavimde kavimlerde ablative kavimden kavimlerden genitive kavmin kavimlerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular kavmim kavimlerim 2nd singular kavmin kavimlerin 3rd singular kavmi kavimleri 1st plural kavmimiz kavimlerimiz 2nd plural kavminiz kavimleriniz 3rd plural kavimleri kavimleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular kavmimi kavimlerimi 2nd singular kavmini kavimlerini 3rd singular kavmini kavimlerini 1st plural kavmimizi kavimlerimizi 2nd plural kavminizi kavimlerinizi 3rd plural kavimlerini kavimlerini dative singular plural 1st singular kavmime kavimlerime 2nd singular kavmine kavimlerine 3rd singular kavmine kavimlerine 1st plural kavmimize kavimlerimize 2nd plural kavminize kavimlerinize 3rd plural kavimlerine kavimlerine locative singular plural 1st singular kavmimde kavimlerimde 2nd singular kavminde kavimlerinde 3rd singular kavminde kavimlerinde 1st plural kavmimizde kavimlerimizde 2nd plural kavminizde kavimlerinizde 3rd plural kavimlerinde kavimlerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular kavmimden kavimlerimden 2nd singular kavminden kavimlerinden 3rd singular kavminden kavimlerinden 1st plural kavmimizden kavimlerimizden 2nd plural kavminizden kavimlerinizden 3rd plural kavimlerinden kavimlerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular kavmimin kavimlerimin 2nd singular kavminin kavimlerinin 3rd singular kavminin kavimlerinin 1st plural kavmimizin kavimlerimizin 2nd plural kavminizin kavimlerinizin 3rd plural kavimlerinin kavimlerinin

Derived terms

• kavmiyet
• kavmiyetçi
• kavmiyetçilik

Related terms

• ikamet
• istikamet
• kaim
• kaime
• kamet
• kaymakam
• kayme
• kayyum
• kıvam
• kıyam
• kıyamet
• kıymet
• makam
• mukavemet
• takvim

Further reading

• “kavim”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “kavim”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2481