carcán

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
  • IPA(key): /kaɾˈkaŋ/

Noun

carcán m (plural carcáns)

  1. quiver (for arrows)
    Synonyms: alxaba, goldre
  2. bracelet
    Synonyms: braceleira, armila
  3. 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.
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