ترکش

Persian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [taɾ.ˈkaʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäɾ.kʰǽʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäɾ.kʰǽʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäɾ.kʰǽʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäɾ.kʰǽʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæɹ.kʰʲǽʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäɾ.kʰǽʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	tarkaš
Dari reading?	tarkaš
Iranian reading?	tarkaš
Tajik reading?	tarkaš

Noun

Dari	ترکش
Iranian Persian
Tajik	таркаш

ترکش • (tarkaš) (plural ترکش‌ها (tarkaš-hâ))

1. quiver

Synonyms

• (quiver): تیردان (tirdân), شگا (šagâ), جعبه (ja'be)

Descendants

• → Arabic: تَرْكَاش (tarkāš)
  • → Byzantine Greek: ταρκάσιον (tarkásion)
    • → Italian: turcasso, carcasso
    • → Old French: carcois, carquais, tarchais, tarquait
      • → French: carquois
        • → Catalan: carcaix
        • → Spanish: carcaj, carcax, carcaza
      • → Galician: carcás, carcán
      • → Portuguese: carcás
• → Georgian: ქარქაში (karkaši)
• → Gujarati: તરકશ (tarkaś)
• → Malay: tarkas
  • Indonesian: tarkas
• → Middle Armenian: թարքաշ (tʻarkʻaš)
• → Ottoman Turkish: تركش (terkeş)

Etymology 2

From تَرَک (tarak-, “to explode”) +‎ ـش (-eš, “-ment, -tion”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [taɾ.ˈkiʃ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäɾ.kʰɪ́ʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäɾ.kʰɪ́ʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäɾ.kʰɪ́ʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäɾ.kʰíʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæɹ.kʰʲéʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäɾ.kʰíʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	tarkiš
Dari reading?	tarkiš
Iranian reading?	tarkeš
Tajik reading?	tarkiš

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Noun

Dari	ترکش
Iranian Persian
Tajik	таркиш

ترکش • (tarkeš) (plural ترکش‌ها (tarkeš-hâ))

1. explosion
2. shrapnel, fragment (of an artillery shell, bomb, grenade, etc.)

Synonyms

• (explosion): انفجار (enfejâr)

References

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