көлем

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic كولەم
Cyrillic көлем
Latin kölem

Etymology

From köläm "volume; amount", a regional (Central Asian) innovation. No consensus exists on its derivation. Cognate with Tatar күләм (küläm), Bashkir күләм (küləm), Kyrgyz көлөм (kölöm), Southern Altai келем (kelem, “strength”), Uzbek ko'lam, Uyghur كولەم (kolem, “volume”), etc.

Noun

көлем • (kölem)

  1. (geometry) volume (product of length, width and height)

Synonyms

  • ауқым (auqym)
  • аумақ (aumaq)
  • ая (aä)
  • қарам (qaram)
  • қарым (qarym)
  • қорам (qoram)
  • мөлшер (mölşer)
  • мұғдар (mūğdar)
  • шама (şama)
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