kargış

Meaning

curse, malediction

Concepts

Opposite of
alkış, dua, övgü
Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قارش (karış), قارغیش (kargış), from Old Anatolian Turkish قَارِشْ (qarış), قارغیش (qarġış), from Proto-Common Turkic *kargïš, a derivation from Proto-Turkic *karga-. By surface analysis, kargı- + -ış. Compare Azerbaijani qarğış.

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