kavim

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قوم (ḳavm, “a party, group, class of people, a people, nation”), from Arabic قَوْم (qawm, “people, nation, tribe”), from قَامَ (qāma, “to rise, to stand up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈvim/
• Hyphenation: ka‧vim

Noun

kavim (definite accusative kavmi, plural kavimler or (dated) akvam)

1. (sociology) A group of people who share a common culture, language, traditions, as well as ancestry; a people, nation, tribe.

   Synonyms: budun, kabile, ulus, millet

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	kavim
Definite accusative	kavmi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kavim	kavimler
Definite accusative	kavmi	kavimleri
Dative	kavme	kavimlere
Locative	kavimde	kavimlerde
Ablative	kavimden	kavimlerden
Genitive	kavmin	kavimlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular kavmim kavimlerim 2nd singular kavmin kavimlerin 3rd singular kavmi kavimleri 1st plural kavmimiz kavimlerimiz 2nd plural kavminiz kavimleriniz 3rd plural kavimleri kavimleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular kavmimi kavimlerimi 2nd singular kavmini kavimlerini 3rd singular kavmini kavimlerini 1st plural kavmimizi kavimlerimizi 2nd plural kavminizi kavimlerinizi 3rd plural kavimlerini kavimlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular kavmime kavimlerime 2nd singular kavmine kavimlerine 3rd singular kavmine kavimlerine 1st plural kavmimize kavimlerimize 2nd plural kavminize kavimlerinize 3rd plural kavimlerine kavimlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular kavmimde kavimlerimde 2nd singular kavminde kavimlerinde 3rd singular kavminde kavimlerinde 1st plural kavmimizde kavimlerimizde 2nd plural kavminizde kavimlerinizde 3rd plural kavimlerinde kavimlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular kavmimden kavimlerimden 2nd singular kavminden kavimlerinden 3rd singular kavminden kavimlerinden 1st plural kavmimizden kavimlerimizden 2nd plural kavminizden kavimlerinizden 3rd plural kavimlerinden kavimlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular kavmimin kavimlerimin 2nd singular kavminin kavimlerinin 3rd singular kavminin kavimlerinin 1st plural kavmimizin kavimlerimizin 2nd plural kavminizin kavimlerinizin 3rd plural kavimlerinin kavimlerinin

Derived terms

• kavmiyet
• kavmiyetçi
• kavmiyetçilik

 

Related terms

• ikamet
• istikamet
• kaim
• kaime
• kamet
• kaymakam
• kayme
• kayyum
• kıvam
• kıyam
• kıyamet
• kıymet
• makam
• mukavemet
• takvim

 

Further reading

• “kavim”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kavim”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2481