Kilimとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• kelim
• khilim
• kylym

語源

Borrowed from Turkish kilim, from Persian گلیم (gelim), akin to Aramaic גלימא (galīmā, “blanket, garment, cloth”), both from Ancient Greek κάλυμμα (kálumma, “cover, top, covering”) derived from καλύπτω (kalúptō, “to cover”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /kɪˈliːm/, /ˈkiː.lɪm/
• (米国発音) IPA: /kiˈlim/, /ˈkɪ.lɪm/
• 韻: -iːm

名詞

kilim (plural kilims)

1. A flat tapestry-woven carpet or rug from Turkey or Kurdistan.
   • 1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 183:

     The khan they all deferred to was a wiry, hook-nosed man with a growth of grey stubble on his chin, who sat on a kelim, listening to the others' arguments without moving a muscle.

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