قطاس

See also: غطاس

Persian

Etymology

From a Turkic source, such as Chagatai قوتاس (qotas), Azerbaijani qotaz, Ottoman Turkish خوطاز (hotaz); ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kotuŕ (“yak”). Alternatively, lexicographer Mohammad Moin marked it as the Arabicised form of an unspecified Greek term.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? qutās
Dari reading? qutās
Iranian reading? ġotâs
Tajik reading? qutos

Noun

قطاس • (qutās / ġotâs) (Tajik spelling қутос)

  1. yak
    Synonyms: غژگاو (ġažgāw / ġažgâv), گاو تبتی (gāw-i tubbatī / gâv-e tobbati), گاو خطایی (gāw-i xatāyī / gâv-e xatâyi), یاک (yāk / yâk)

References

  1. ^ محمد معین [Mohammad-e Mo'in] (1972), “قطاس”, in Jafar Shahidi, editor, فرهنگ فارسی معین [Farhang-e Fârsi-ye Mo'in, Moin Persian Dictionary] (in Persian), Tehran: Amir Kabir Publishers

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