kimi

Alternative forms

• kibi (archaic), kimin (dialectal), kimik (dialectal)

Conjunction

kimi

1. (used after present participle) as soon as

   Evə çatan kimi xəbər ver.

   Let me know as soon as you get home.

   • 2005, Arif Acaloğlu, Cəlal Bəydilli, edited by İsrafil Abbaslı, Əsatirlər, əfsanə və rəvayətlər‎, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, Mifoloji Rəvayət və əfsanələr, page 183:

     Arvad sözünü deyən kimi yox oldu.

     As soon as the woman said what she had to say, she disappeared.

     (literally, “As soon as the woman said her word, she disappeared.”)

Postposition

kimi

1. like
   1. similar to, reminiscent of

      O mənə ikinci ata kimi idi

      He was like a second father to me.

      Yer üzündə sizin kimi ikincisi yoxdur

      There is no one like you in the world.

      Pul qonaq kimidir. Bu gün var, sabah yoxdur.

      Money is like a guest. Today it's there, tomorrow it's gone.

   2. in the manner of, similarly to

      O prezident kimi davranmır.

      He doesn't act like a president.

   3. such as

      Bu Vikipediya kimi saytlar üçündür.

      This is for websites like Wikipedia.

      və bu kimi şeylər ― and things such as this

2. until, till, to [(optionally) with ta and dative]

   Synonyms: qədər, -cən, -dək

   küçənin ta axırına kimi getmək ― to walk all the way to the end of the street.

   qədim vaxtından ta bu günə kimi ― ever since ancient times and up to this day

References

Pronoun

kimi

1. singular locative of kim (“who”)

   Kimi gördün, kiminlə görüşdün?

   Whom did you see, whom did you meet?

Declension

Usage notes

Like other remote plural pronouns, kimi is rare. It is used to refer to the speaker and a large group of people who are not present, but not the person the speaker is talking to.

See also

Synonyms

• bazı
• birtakım