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Karaim

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

name

Meaning 1

A Kipchak Turkic language, with Aramaic and Persian influences, spoken in Lithuania, Poland, the Crimea and the Ukraine.

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noun

Meaning 2

A member of an ethnic group in Central and Eastern Europe which traditionally spoke this (Turkic) language and practiced Karaite Judaism.

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noun

Meaning 3

collective plural of Karaim.

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Usage: collective, form-of, plural, rare

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noun

Meaning 4

A Karaite (especially an Eastern or Central European, Turkic-speaking one).

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Usage: rare

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Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: karaiimi — Kipchak Turkic language with Aramaic and Persian influences
  • German: Karaimisch — Kipchak Turkic language with Aramaic and Persian influences
  • German: Karaïmisch — Kipchak Turkic language with Aramaic and Persian influences
  • Kazakh: қарайым тілі (qaraiym tılı) — Kipchak Turkic language with Aramaic and Persian influences
  • Polish: karaimski — Kipchak Turkic language with Aramaic and Persian influences
  • Turkish: Karayca — Kipchak Turkic language with Aramaic and Persian influences
  • Turkish: Karaimce — Kipchak Turkic language with Aramaic and Persian influences
  • Uzbek: qaraim tili — Kipchak Turkic language with Aramaic and Persian influences
  • German: Karaime — member of the ethnic group which traditionally spoke Karaim
  • German: Karaimin — member of the ethnic group which traditionally spoke Karaim
  • German: Karaïme — member of the ethnic group which traditionally spoke Karaim
  • German: Karaïmin — member of the ethnic group which traditionally spoke Karaim
  • Kazakh: қарайым (qaraiym) — member of the ethnic group which traditionally spoke Karaim
  • Ukrainian: караї́м (karajím) — member of the ethnic group which traditionally spoke Karaim
  • Ukrainian: караї́мка (karajímka) — member of the ethnic group which traditionally spoke Karaim
  • German: Karaim — collective plural of Karaim
  • German: Karaïm — collective plural of Karaim
  • German: Karaime — Karaite (especially a Crimean, Turkic one)
  • German: Karaimin — Karaite (especially a Crimean, Turkic one)
  • German: Karaïme — Karaite (especially a Crimean, Turkic one)
  • German: Karaïmin — Karaite (especially a Crimean, Turkic one)