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koumiss

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈkuːmɪs/Part of speech nounSorted ikmossuStarts with KEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. an alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare's milk; made originally by nomads of central Asia

Word origin

Via French koumis, German Kumiss, from Russian кумы́с (kumýs), borrowed from a Turkic source. Compare Tatar кымыз (qımız), Kazakh қымыз (qymyz), Kyrgyz кымыз (kımız), Southern Altai кымыс (kïmïs), Turkish kımız, Azerbaijani qımız, Northern Altai кымыс (kïmïs), etc.

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  • [Of a Persian wine] One name for this wine was 黑水晶 "black crystal"; it has also been confused with koumiss.
  • Here, for example—a Scythian koumiss vessel, third century B.C. You can clearly see the Greek influence, especially in the friezework.

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