قواس

(Englisch)

  1. archer, he who is equipped with a bow
  2. bow-maker or seller; archetier
  3. kavass, consular guard, one who provides safety to foreign diplomats on travel

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/qaw.waːs/
Etymologie (Englisch)

Occupational noun of قَوْس (qaws, “bow”). The sense of a consular guard is a semantic loan from Ottoman Turkish قواس (kavvas).

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