English
Qashqai
Qashqai comes from Persian قشقایی.
- Persianc. 900–presentقشقایی
- Englishearliest quotation 1987Qashqai
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Persianc. 900–presentقشقایی
- Englishearliest quotation 1987Qashqai
Earliest quotation: 1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines: “The Quashgai men were lean, hard-mouthed, weatherbeaten and wore…”
Every English word from Persian قشقایی
Today it means
noun A tribal confederation of clans of Turkic origin in the Shiraz region of Iran.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Persian قشقایی / Qashqai