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Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French carquais, from Byzantine Greek ταρκάσιον (tarkásion), from Arabic تَرْكَاش (tarkāš), from Persian ترکش (tarkaš), from earlier تیرکش (tirkaš, “quiver; arrowslit”), from تیر (tir, “arrow”) + کش (kaš, “container”).
Pronunciation
Noun
carcán m (plural carcáns)
- quiver (for arrows)
- Synonyms: alxaba, goldre
- bracelet
- Synonyms: braceleira, armila
- gorget
- Synonyms: gargantela, xarta, gola
References
- “carcays” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “carcaix” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “carcays” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “carcán” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “carcán” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.