carcás

Meaning

quiver (arrow container)

Concepts

quiver

Synonyms

aljava

fáretra

Translations

faretra

buirac

carcaix

carquois

pharetra

gōrȳtos

koker

pijlkoker

aljaba

جَعْبَة

carcaj

aljava

Köcher

φαρέτρα

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaʁˈka(j)s/

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French: carquais

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese carcaix, 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”).