گلیم

Khalaj

Noun

گِلیم (gelîm) (definite accusative گِلیمی, plural گِلیملَر)

1. Arabic spelling of gelîm (“kilim, carpet”)

Declension

Declension of گلیم

	singular	plural
nominative	گلیم	گلیملَر
genitive	گلیمۆݧ	گلیملَریݧ
dative	گلیمکه	گلیملَرکه
definite accusative	گلیمۆ	گلیملَری
locative	گلیمچه	گلیملَرچه
ablative	گلیمده	گلیملَرده
instrumental	گلیمله	گلیملَرله
equative	گلیموارا	گلیملَروارا

Persian

Etymology

Akin to Aramaic גלימא (galīmā, “blanket, garment, cloth”), both from Ancient Greek κάλυμμα (kálumma, “cover, top, covering”) derived from καλύπτω (kalúptō, “to cover”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ɡi.ˈliːm]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡɪ.líːm]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡɪ.líːm]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡɪ.líːm]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡi.lím]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʲe.líːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡi.lím]

Readings
Classical reading?	gilīm
Dari reading?	gilīm
Iranian reading?	gelim
Tajik reading?	gilim

Noun

Dari	گلیم
Iranian Persian
Tajik	гилим

گلیم • (gelim) (plural گلیم‌ها (gelim-hâ))

1. (archaic) a garment made out of wool
2. a rug or carpet made out of coarse material, kilim

Synonyms

• قالی (qâli)
• قالیچه (qâliče)
• قالین (qâlin)
• فرش (farš)

Descendants

• → Bashkir: келәм (keləm)
• → Hindustani:

Hindi: गिलीम (gilīm)

Urdu: گلیم (gilīm)

• → Kazakh: кілем (kılem)
• → Khalaj: gelîm
• → Kyrgyz: килем (kilem)
• → Uyghur: گىلەم (gilem)
• → Uzbek: gilam
• → Ottoman Turkish: كلیم (kilim, “carpet, rug”)
  • Turkish: kilim
  • → Albanian: qilim, qylym
  • → Armenian: քիլիմ (kʻilim)
  • → Arabic: كِلِيم (kilīm)
  • → Belarusian: кілі́м (kilím)
    • → Lithuanian: kilimas
  • → Bulgarian: кили́м (kilím)
  • → Greek: κιλίμι (kilími)
  • → Macedonian: ќилим (ḱilim)
  • → Pannonian Rusyn: килим (kilim)
  • → Romanian: chilim
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ћѝлим

    Latin script: ćìlim

  • → Ukrainian: ки́лим (kýlym)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گلیم (gilīm), from Ancient Greek κάλυμμα (kálumma, “cover, top, covering”) derived from καλύπτω (kalúptō, “to cover”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡɪ.liːm/
• Rhymes: -iːm

Noun

گلیم • (gilīm) m (Hindi spelling गिलीम)

1. a garment made out of wool
2. carpet
3. rug
4. blanket

Related terms

• قالی (qālī)
• قالیچہ (qālīcā)
• قالین (qālīn)