قطاس

See also: غطاس

Persian

Etymology

From a Turkic source, such as Chagatai قوتاس (qotas), Azerbaijani qotaz, Ottoman Turkish خوطاز (hotaz); ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kotuŕ (“yak”). Alternatively, lexicographer Mohammad Moin marked it as the Arabicised form of an unspecified Greek term.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /qu.ˈtaːs/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qʊ.t̪ʰɑːs]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qʊ.t̪ʰɑːs]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qʊ.t̪ʰɑːs]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qu.t̪ʰɔːs]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qo.t̪ʰɒːs]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qu.t̪ʰɔs]

Readings
Classical reading?	qutās
Dari reading?	qutās
Iranian reading?	ġotâs
Tajik reading?	qutos

Noun

قطاس • (qutās / ġotâs) (Tajik spelling қутос)

1. yak

   Synonyms: غژگاو (ġažgāw / ġažgâv), گاو تبتی (gāw-i tubbatī / gâv-e tobbati), گاو خطایی (gāw-i xatāyī / gâv-e xatâyi), یاک (yāk / yâk)

Further reading

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