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Koumiss

//ˈkuːmɪs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A fermented drink made from mare's milk, common among peoples of the Central Asian steppes. uncountable, usually

    "[Of a Persian wine] One name for this wine was 黑水晶 "black crystal"; it has also been confused with koumiss."

  2. 2
    an alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare's milk; made originally by nomads of central Asia wordnet

Etymology

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

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