قاو

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from both Proto-Turkic *kiab (“tree fungus; dry grass”) and *k(i)ab (“peeled skin, to peel”). Cognate with Azerbaijani qov and Yakut кыа (kıa).

Noun

قاو • (kav)

  1. tinder, punk, touchwood, any material used to light fires, but especially decayed wood
    Synonyms: پوده (pude), حراق (hurak)
  2. slough, the skin shed by a snake or other reptile when the old skin is outgrown
    Synonyms: سلخ (selh), ییلان قاوی (yılan kavı)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Turkish: kav
  • → Armenian: ղավ (ġav), խավ (xav), կավ (kav); ղաւ (ġaw)

References

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

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