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կաշի

կաշի

Armenian

Noun

կաշի (kaši)

  1. skin (of a human); hide (of an animal)
  2. leather
  3. (colloquial) peel, rind (of a fruit)

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Old Armenian

Etymology

According to Ačaṙyan and J̌ahukyan, perhaps a Semitic borrowing. Compare Akkadian [script needed] (kūšu, skin), which goes back to Sumerian [script needed] (kuš, skin). Ačaṙyan adduces also Arabic قشعه (qašʿa, dry skin), قشاعه (qašāʿa, a piece of dried up leather) and some other derivatives of the root قش (qašš, to become dry, to dry up), but according to J̌ahukyan these are not related to the Akkadian word.

Noun

կաշի (kaši)

  1. hide, skin, leather

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References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), կաշի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), կաշի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), կաշի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (1976), “kūšu”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, page 171a
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), կաշի”, in Sargsyan, Vahan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, ISBN 978-9939-50-121-5, page 483b
  • Fīrūzābādī (1250 Rumi calendar [=1834 AD]) Al-uqiyānūs al-basīt, volume II, translated from Arabic into Ottoman Turkish by Aḥmad ʻĀṣim, 2nd edition, Constantinople, page 647