Armenian

Noun

կաշի • ‎(kaši)

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

Declension

Synonyms

• (skin): մաշկ ‎(mašk)

Derived terms

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

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: կաշի ‎(kaši)

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