carquois

French

Etymology

From Old French carcois, carquais, from earlier tarchais, tarquait, from Byzantine Greek ταρκάσιον (tarkásion), from Arabic تِرْكَاش (tirkāš), from Persian تیرکش (tirkaš), ترکش (tarkaš, tarkeš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaʁ.kwa/

Noun

carquois m (plural carquois)

1. quiver (for arrows)

Further reading

• “carquois”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• croquais