قایش

See also: قايس‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *k(i)adɨ- (“leather belt”).[1]

Noun

قایش • (kayış)

  1. belt
    Synonyms: قوشاق‎ (kuşak), كمر‎ (kemer), منطقه‎ (minteke), نطاق‎ (nitak)
  2. thong, slip

Descendants
  • Turkish: kayış
  • → Albanian: kaish
  • → Armenian: ղայիշ (łayiš), խայիշ (xayiš), կայիշ (kayiš)
  • → Aromanian: cãishe
  • → Bulgarian: каи́ш (kaíš)
  • → Macedonian: каиш (kaiš)
  • → Romanian: căiuș, caiuș
  • → Serbo-Croatian: ка̀јиш, ка̀иш

References
  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*k(i)adɨ-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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