buzkashi

English

Etymology

From Persian بزکشی‎ (boz-kaši, boz-keši); compound of بز‎ (boz, “goat”) + کش‎ (kaš, “dragging, drawing”) + ـی‎ (-i).[1]

Noun

buzkashi (uncountable)

  1. (games, sports) A team sport originating in Central Asia, where the players, all on horseback, try to place an animal carcass into a goal.

Translations

References
  1. Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “buzkashi”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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