ترکش

ترکش

Persian

Etymology

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

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 (šagā), جعبه‎ (ja'be)

Descendants

• → Arabic: تَرْكَاش‎ (tarkāš)
  • → Ancient Greek: ταρκάσιον (tarkásion)
    • → Old French: carcois, carquais, tarchais, tarquait
      • → French: carquois
        • → Catalan: carcaix
        • → Spanish: carcaj, carcax, carcaza
      • → Galician: carcás, carcaix
      • → Portuguese: carcás
• → Georgian: ქარქაში (karkaši)
• → Malay: tarkas
  • Indonesian: tarkas
• → Middle Armenian: թարքաշ (tʿarkʿaš)
• → Ottoman Turkish: تركش‎ (terkeş)

References

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