قواس

Arabic

Etymology
Root
ق و س (q-w-s)

Occupational noun of قَوْس (qaws, “bow”). The sense of a consular guard is a semantic loan from Ottoman Turkish قواس (kavvas).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /qaw.waːs/

Noun

قَوَّاس • (qawwās) m

  1. archer, he who is equipped with a bow
  2. bow-maker or seller; archetier
  3. kavass, consular guard, one who provides safety to foreign diplomats on travel

Declension
Declension of noun قَوَّاس (qawwās)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal قَوَّاس
qawwās		 الْقَوَّاس
al-qawwās		 قَوَّاس
qawwās
Nominative قَوَّاسٌ
qawwāsun		 الْقَوَّاسُ
al-qawwāsu		 قَوَّاسُ
qawwāsu
Accusative قَوَّاسًا
qawwāsan		 الْقَوَّاسَ
al-qawwāsa		 قَوَّاسَ
qawwāsa
Genitive قَوَّاسٍ
qawwāsin		 الْقَوَّاسِ
al-qawwāsi		 قَوَّاسِ
qawwāsi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal قَوَّاسَيْن
qawwāsayn		 الْقَوَّاسَيْن
al-qawwāsayn		 قَوَّاسَيْ
qawwāsay
Nominative قَوَّاسَانِ
qawwāsāni		 الْقَوَّاسَانِ
al-qawwāsāni		 قَوَّاسَا
qawwāsā
Accusative قَوَّاسَيْنِ
qawwāsayni		 الْقَوَّاسَيْنِ
al-qawwāsayni		 قَوَّاسَيْ
qawwāsay
Genitive قَوَّاسَيْنِ
qawwāsayni		 الْقَوَّاسَيْنِ
al-qawwāsayni		 قَوَّاسَيْ
qawwāsay
Plural sound masculine plural
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal قَوَّاسِين
qawwāsīn		 الْقَوَّاسِين
al-qawwāsīn		 قَوَّاسِي
qawwāsī
Nominative قَوَّاسُونَ
qawwāsūna		 الْقَوَّاسُونَ
al-qawwāsūna		 قَوَّاسُو
qawwāsū
Accusative قَوَّاسِينَ
qawwāsīna		 الْقَوَّاسِينَ
al-qawwāsīna		 قَوَّاسِي
qawwāsī
Genitive قَوَّاسِينَ
qawwāsīna		 الْقَوَّاسِينَ
al-qawwāsīna		 قَوَّاسِي
qawwāsī

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms
  • قواص (kavvas), قاواص (kavvas).

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَوَّاس (qawwās).

Noun

قواس • (kavvas)

  1. archer
  2. guard, patrol, watchman, doorkeeper, police
  3. guard, one who provides safety to a traveller (in the end especially to a diplomat)
  4. messenger, emissary

Descendants
  • Turkish: kavas
  • → Arabic: قَوَّاس (qawwās) (semantic loan)
  • → Albanian: kafaz, gavas, kavas, kavaz, kafas
  • → Armenian: խավազ (xavaz)
  • → Aromanian: cavaz, cafas, gãvaz
  • → Bulgarian: кава́з (kaváz), гава́з (gaváz), кава́с (kavás), гава́зин (gavázin)
  • → English: kavass, cavass, kavas
  • → Macedonian: каваз (kavaz)
  • → Romanian: cavas
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: каваз
    Latin script: kavaz
  • → Turkish: kavvâs

References
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قواس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 974b
  • Miklosich, Franz (1884) Die türkischen Elemente in den südost- und osteuropäischen Sprachen (Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Classe)‎ (in German), volume 34, Wien: In Commission bei Carl Gerold’s Sohn
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