kavim

Meaning

A group of people who share a common culture, language, traditions, as well as ancestry; a people, nation, tribe.

Hyphenated as
ka‧vim
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kaˈvim/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قوم (ḳavm, “a party, group, class of people, a people, nation”), from Arabic قَوْم (qawm, “people, nation, tribe”), from قَامَ (qāma, “to rise, to stand up”).

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