كمی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • گمی (gemi)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kẹ̄mi (“boat”); cognate with Azerbaijani gəmi, Chuvash кимӗ (kimĕ), Kazakh кеме (keme), Kyrgyz кеме (keme), Shor кебе, Turkmen gämi, Tuvan хеме (xeme), Uyghur كېمە (këme) and Uzbek kema.

Noun

كمی • (gemi)

  1. ship, a water-borne vessel larger than a boat
    Synonyms: سفینه (sefine), فلك (fulk), كشتی (keşti)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: gemi
  • → Armenian: կեմի (kemi), գյա̈մի (gyämi)
  • → Aromanian: ghimii, ghemii, ghimie, ghemie
  • → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܵܡܝܼ (gāmī) (or from Azerbaijani)
  • → Central Kurdish: گەمێ (gemê), گەمیە (gemye) (or from Azerbaijani)
  • → Georgian: გემი (gemi)
    • → Armenian: գեմի (gemi) (Tbilisi)
  • → Laz: ჯემი (cemi)
  • → Mingrelian: გემი (gemi)
  • → Romanian: ghimie

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