Qashqai

Qashqai

English

Alternative forms

• Kashgai, Quashgai

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 1998, p. 182:

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

Translations

tribal confederation

Armenian: ղաշղայցի (łašłaycʿi) (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.