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kumys

kumys is the alternative form of koumiss.

Meaning of koumiss

Noun

koumiss (usually uncountable, plural koumisses)

  1. (usually) A fermented drink made from mare's milk, common among peoples of the Central Asian steppes.
    • [Of a Persian wine] One name for this wine was 黑水晶 "black crystal"; it has also been confused with koumiss.1898, Herbert Allen Giles, A Chinese Biographical Dictionary, page 12

Questions about kumys

What is kumys the alternative form of?
Kumys is the alternative form of koumiss.

Words near kumys in the dictionary

  1. Kumundhoo
  2. Kumuram Bheem Asifabad
  3. Kumux
  4. Kumyk
  5. Kumyks
  6. kumys
  7. kumyshka
  8. Kumārajīva
  9. kun
  10. Kun'burudhoo
  11. kun-yomi

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