"Karaim" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Karaim
  1. A Kipchak Turkic language, with Aramaic and Persian influences, spoken in Lithuania, Poland, the Crimea and the Ukraine. Categories (topical): Languages Translations (Kipchak Turkic language with Aramaic and Persian influences): karaiimi (Finnish), Karaimisch [neuter] (German), Karaïmisch [neuter] (German), қарайым тілі (qaraiym tılı) (Kazakh), Karayca (Turkish), Karaimce (Turkish), qaraim tili (Uzbek)
    Sense id: en-Karaim-en-name-5tt61CUR Disambiguation of Languages: 42 30 5 23

Noun

Forms: Karaims [plural], Karaim [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|s|Karaim}} Karaim (plural Karaims or Karaim)
  1. A member of an ethnic group in Central and Eastern Europe which traditionally spoke this (Turkic) language and practiced Karaite Judaism. Translations (member of the ethnic group which traditionally spoke Karaim): Karaime [masculine] (German), Karaimin [feminine] (German), Karaïme [masculine] (German), Karaïmin [feminine] (German), қарайым (qaraiym) (Kazakh), караї́м (karajím) [masculine] (Ukrainian), караї́мка (karajímka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-Karaim-en-noun-nBBBh-uh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 61 13 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 65 12 15 Disambiguation of 'member of the ethnic group which traditionally spoke Karaim': 86 9 6
  2. (rare) collective plural of Karaim. Tags: collective, form-of, plural, rare Form of: Karaim Related terms: Karaism, Qaraism, Karaitism, Qaraitism Translations (collective plural of Karaim): Karaim [masculine, plural] (German), Karaïm [masculine, plural] (German)
    Sense id: en-Karaim-en-noun-aewqjYeP Categories (other): Forms linking to themselves Disambiguation of 'collective plural of Karaim': 1 95 4
  3. (rare) A Karaite (especially an Eastern or Central European, Turkic-speaking one). Tags: rare Translations (Karaite (especially a Crimean, Turkic one)): Karaime [masculine] (German), Karaimin [feminine] (German), Karaïme [masculine] (German), Karaïmin [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-Karaim-en-noun-38~FZMtG Disambiguation of 'Karaite (especially a Crimean, Turkic one)': 34 2 64

Inflected forms

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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Karaite (especially a Crimean, Turkic one)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Karaïme"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Karaite (especially a Crimean, Turkic one)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Karaïmin"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Karaim"
}

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