قواس

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Arabic

Etymology

Root
ق و س (q w s)
4 terms

Occupational noun of قَوْس (qaws, “bow”). The sense of a consular guard is a semantic loan from Ottoman Turkish قواس (kavvas).

Pronunciation

Noun

قَوَّاس • (qawwās) m

  1. archer, he who is equipped with a bow
  2. bow-maker or seller; archetier
  3. kavass, consular guard, one who provides safety to foreign diplomats on travel

Declension

Declension of noun قَوَّاس (qawwās)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal قَوَّاس
qawwās 		الْقَوَّاس
al-qawwās 		قَوَّاس
qawwās
Nominative قَوَّاسٌ
qawwāsun 		الْقَوَّاسُ
al-qawwāsu 		قَوَّاسُ
qawwāsu
Accusative قَوَّاسًا
qawwāsan 		الْقَوَّاسَ
al-qawwāsa 		قَوَّاسَ
qawwāsa
Genitive قَوَّاسٍ
qawwāsin 		الْقَوَّاسِ
al-qawwāsi 		قَوَّاسِ
qawwāsi
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal قَوَّاسَيْن
qawwāsayn 		الْقَوَّاسَيْن
al-qawwāsayn 		قَوَّاسَيْ
qawwāsay
Nominative قَوَّاسَانِ
qawwāsāni 		الْقَوَّاسَانِ
al-qawwāsāni 		قَوَّاسَا
qawwāsā
Accusative قَوَّاسَيْنِ
qawwāsayni 		الْقَوَّاسَيْنِ
al-qawwāsayni 		قَوَّاسَيْ
qawwāsay
Genitive قَوَّاسَيْنِ
qawwāsayni 		الْقَوَّاسَيْنِ
al-qawwāsayni 		قَوَّاسَيْ
qawwāsay
Plural sound masculine plural
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal قَوَّاسِين
qawwāsīn 		الْقَوَّاسِين
al-qawwāsīn 		قَوَّاسِي
qawwāsī
Nominative قَوَّاسُونَ
qawwāsūna 		الْقَوَّاسُونَ
al-qawwāsūna 		قَوَّاسُو
qawwāsū
Accusative قَوَّاسِينَ
qawwāsīna 		الْقَوَّاسِينَ
al-qawwāsīna 		قَوَّاسِي
qawwāsī
Genitive قَوَّاسِينَ
qawwāsīna 		الْقَوَّاسِينَ
al-qawwāsīna 		قَوَّاسِي
qawwāsī

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَوَّاس (qawwās).

Noun

قواس • (kavvas)

  1. archer
  2. guard, patrol, watchman, doorkeeper, police
  3. guard, one who provides safety to a traveller (in the end especially to a diplomat)
  4. messenger, emissary

Descendants

References

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قواس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 974b
  • Miklosich, Franz (1884) Die türkischen Elemente in den südost- und osteuropäischen Sprachen (Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Classe)‎ (in German), volume 34, Wien: In Commission bei Carl Gerold’s Sohn
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