قامش

Ottoman Turkish

قامش

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kamïĺ; cognate with Azerbaijani qamış, Bashkir ҡамыш (qamış), Chuvash хӑмӑл (hămăl), Kazakh қамыс (qamys), Kyrgyz камыш (kamış), Tatar камыш (qamış), Turkmen gamyş, Uzbek qamish and Yakut хомус (qomus)

Noun

قامش • (kamış)

  1. (in general) reed, any of various grass-like plants that grow near water
    Synonyms: قصب‎ (kasab), كلیز‎ (kiliz), نی‎ (ney)
  2. common reed (Phragmites australis)
  3. bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris)
  4. any instrument made of reed, as a bobbin or the reed of a shuttle
  5. (colloquial) penis, the male reproductive organ used for sexual intercourse
    Synonym: ابره‎ (ibre)
  6. kind of shellfish (Magilus antiquus)

Derived terms

  • قامشجق‎ (kamışcık, “blowpipe”)
  • قامشلق‎ (kamışlık, “place overgrown with reeds”)
  • قامشلو‎ (kamışlı, “reedy”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kamış
  • → Armenian: խամիշ (xamiš), կամիշ (kamiš)
  • → Bulgarian: камъ́ш (kamǎ́š)
  • → Macedonian: камиш (kamiš)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic: ка̀миш
    Latin: kàmiš
  • → Slovene: kaníš, kamež

Proper noun

قامش • (Kamış)

  1. name of several populated places in Anatolia.

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