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kilim.

A flat tapestry-woven carpet or rug from Turkey or Kurdistan.

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Meaning & usage

noun/kɪˈliːm/UK/ˈkiː.lɪm/UK/kiˈlim/US/ˈkɪ.lɪm/US
  1. A flat tapestry-woven carpet or rug from Turkey or Kurdistan.

Where this word comes from

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”).

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