kilim
/kiˈlim/noun
kilim is a noun meaning “A flat tapestry-woven carpet or rug from Turkey or Kurdistan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled K-I-L-I-M and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 15 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of kilim is kilims.
What does kilim mean?
noun
- 1
A flat tapestry-woven carpet or rug from Turkey or Kurdistan.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce kilim?
- UK /kɪˈliːm/
- UK /ˈkiː.lɪm/
- US /kiˈlim/
Kilim has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of kilim
- kilims plural
- kelim
- khilim
- kylym
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is kilim?
Kilim appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 117,098th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Kilim in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense type of carpet:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Kelim |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does kilim come 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”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).