buzkashi

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Classical Persian بزکشی (buz-kašī); compound of بز (buz, goat) + کش (kaš, dragging, drawing) + ـی ().[1]

Noun[edit]

buzkashi (uncountable)

  1. (games, sports) A team sport originating in Central Asia, where the players, all on horseback, try to place an animal carcass into a goal.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024), “buzkashi”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.