carcán
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French carquais, from Byzantine Greek ταρκάσιον (tarkásion), from Arabic تَرْكَاش (tarkāš), from Persian ترکش (tarkaš), from earlier تیرکش (tirkaš, “quiver; arrowslit”), from تیر (tir, “arrow”) + کش (kaš, “container”).
Pronunciation
Noun
carcán m (plural carcáns)
- quiver (for arrows)
- bracelet
- Synonyms: braceleira, armila
- gorget
- Synonyms: gargantela, xarta, gola
References
- Template:R:DDGM
- Template:R:DDGM
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “carcays”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Template:R:DDLG
- Template:R:TILG
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- Galician terms borrowed from Old French
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- Galician terms derived from Arabic
- Galician terms derived from Persian
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- Galician nouns
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- Galician masculine nouns
- gl:Archery