kimi
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Turkic *kēp (“form, example, image”).[1] Not cognate with kim (“who”). Cognate with Turkish gibi.
Alternative forms
Conjunction
kimi
- (used after present participle) as soon as
- Evə çatan kimi xəbər ver.
- Let me know as soon as you get home.
- 2005, Arif Acaloğlu, Cəlal Bəydilli, edited by İsrafil Abbaslı, Əsatirlər, əfsanə və rəvayətlər, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, Mifoloji Rəvayət və əfsanələr, page 183:
- Arvad sözünü deyən kimi yox oldu.
- As soon as the woman said what she had to say, she disappeared.
- (literally, “As soon as the woman said her word, she disappeared.”)
Postposition
kimi
- like
- similar to, reminiscent of
- O mənə ikinci ata kimi idi
- He was like a second father to me.
- Yer üzündə sizin kimi ikincisi yoxdur
- There is no one like you in the world.
- Pul qonaq kimidir. Bu gün var, sabah yoxdur.
- Money is like a guest. Today it's there, tomorrow it's gone.
- in the manner of, similarly to
- O prezident kimi davranmır.
- He doesn't act like a president.
- such as
- Bu Vikipediya kimi saytlar üçündür.
- This is for websites like Wikipedia.
- və bu kimi şeylər ― and things such as this
- similar to, reminiscent of
- until, till, to [(optionally) with ta and dative]
- Synonyms: qədər, -cən, -dək
- küçənin ta axırına kimi getmək ― to walk all the way to the end of the street.
- qədim vaxtından ta bu günə kimi ― ever since ancient times and up to this day
References
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*gēp”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Etymology 2
Pronoun
kimi
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