Qashqai

English

Alternative forms

• Gashgai, Ghashghai, Kashgai, Khashgai, Qashgai, Quashgai, Quashqai

Etymology

From Persian قشقایی, from the name in Qashqai, قشقایی.

Noun

Qashqai pl (plural only)

1. A tribal confederation of clans of Turkic origin in the Shiraz region of Iran.
   • 1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 182:

     The Quashgai men were lean, hard-mouthed, weatherbeaten and wore cylindrical caps of white felt.

Translations

tribal confederation

• Armenian: ղաշղայցի (ġašġaycʻi) (a member)
• Russian: кашка́йцы pl (kaškájcy)

language

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kaškai
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can

Proper noun

Qashqai

1. The language spoken by such clans.

Further reading

• Beck, Lois. 1986. The Qashqa'i of Iran. New Haven: Yale University Press.