قارش

Ottoman Turkish

قارش

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *karïĺ (“span”);[1] cognate with Azerbaijani qarış, Bashkir ҡарыш (qarış), Kazakh қарыс (qarys), Kyrgyz карыш (karış), Tatar карыш (qarış), Uyghur غېرىچ (ghërich) and Uzbek qarich.

Alternative forms

  • قاریش (karış)

Noun

قارش • (karış)

  1. span, handspan, the full width of an open hand from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger
    Synonym: شبر (şibr)
  2. (figuratively) nook, retreat, a hidden or secluded spot or place affording privacy or security, any small space
    Synonym: زاویه (zâviye)
Derived terms
  • قارش اولچمك (karış ölçmek, “to measure inch by inch”)
  • قارشلاتمق (karışlatmak, “to make or let be measured by the span”)
  • قارشلامق (karışlamak, “to measure by the span”)
  • قارشلانمق (karışlanmak, “to become a span”)
Descendants
  • Turkish: karış
  • → Armenian: խառըշ (xaṙəš)

References

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

Further reading

Etymology 2

From the same root as قارشمق (karışmak, “to mix, blend”).

Noun

قارش • (karış)

  1. confusion, turmoil, disarray, chaos, a state of great disorder or uncertainty
Descendants

Further reading

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