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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