ترکش

Persian

Etymology

From earlier تیرکش (tirkaš, “quiver; arrowslit”), from تیر (tir, “arrow”) +‎ کش (kaš, “container”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

ترکش • (tarkaš, tarkeš) (plural ترکش‌ها (tarkaš, tarkeš-hâ))

1. quiver
2. shrapnel, fragment (of an artillery shell, bomb, grenade, etc.)

Synonyms

• (quiver): تیردان (tirdân), شگا (šagâ), جعبه (ja'be)

Descendants

• → Arabic: تَرْكَاش (tarkāš)
  • → Byzantine Greek: ταρκάσιον (tarkásion)
    • → Italian: turcasso, carcasso
    • → Old French: carcois, carquais, tarchais, tarquait
      • → French: carquois
        • → Catalan: carcaix
        • → Spanish: carcaj, carcax, carcaza
      • → Galician: carcás, carcán
      • → Portuguese: carcás
• → Georgian: ქარქაში (karkaši)
• → Gujarati: તરકશ (tarkaś)
• → Malay: tarkas
  • Indonesian: tarkas
• → Middle Armenian: թարքաշ (tʻarkʻaš)
• → Ottoman Turkish: تركش (terkeş)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “ترکش”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press