Qashqai

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Persian قشقایی, from the name in Qashqai, قشقایی.

Noun

Qashqai pl (plural only)

  1. A tribal confederation of clans of Turkic origin in the Shiraz region of Iran.
    • 1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 182:
      The Quashgai men were lean, hard-mouthed, weatherbeaten and wore cylindrical caps of white felt.

Translations

Proper noun

Qashqai

  1. The language spoken by such clans.

Further reading
  • Beck, Lois. 1986. The Qashqa'i of Iran. New Haven: Yale University Press.
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