قاشاغی

Ottoman Turkish

قاشاغی

Alternative forms

  • قاشاغو (kaşağı), قشاغو (kaşağı)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kạĺčïgu (currycomb, scraper), from *kạĺčï- (to scratch, scrape, curry), the same root of قاشیمق (kaşımak, to scratch, scrape); cognate with Azerbaijani qaşov.

Noun

قاشاغی • (kaşağı)

  1. scraper, an instrument with which anything is scraped
    Synonyms: راسپه (raspa), قزاغی (kazağı)
  2. currycomb, a comb or brush used to groom horses
    Synonym: فرجول (fircevl)

Derived terms

  • آت قاشاغیسی (at kaşağısı, currycomb)
  • صرت قاشاغیسی (sırt kaşağısı, tool used to scratch the back)
  • غوغا قاشاغیسی (ğavğa kaşağısı, frivolous pretext for a quarrel)
  • قاشاغیلامق (kaşağılamak, to scratch with an instrument, to curry)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kaşağı
  • Armenian: խաշաղի (xašaġi), կաշաղու (kašaġu)

Further reading

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