кимзә

Kalmyk

Cyrillic	Clear Script
кимзә (kimzä)	ᡍᡄᡏᠴᡄᡃ(kemzē)

Etymology

Uncertain. By surface analysis, кем (kem, “measure”) +‎ зә (zä, a nominal suffix); /e/ > /i/ shift is thus unexpected. Probably related to кемҗән (kemjän), which is a cognate of Mongolian хэмжээ (xemžee).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kimˈzæ/

Noun

кимзә • (kimzä) (plural кимзәс)

1. ruler (a measuring device)
2. scale (a system of measurements)
   1. scale (a line on a measuring device)

      термометрин кимзә ― termometrin kimzä ― thermometer scale

References

• Muniev, B. D. (1977) “кимзә”, in Калмыцко-русский словарь [Kalmyk–Russian dictionary], Moscow: Издательство "Русский язык", page 301