قواس
Arabic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ق و س (q w s) |
| 4 terms |
Occupational noun of قَوْس (qaws, “bow”). The sense of a consular guard is a semantic loan from Ottoman Turkish قواس (kavvas).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /qaw.waːs/
Noun
قَوَّاس • (qawwās) m
- archer, he who is equipped with a bow
- bow-maker or seller; archetier
- kavass, consular guard, one who provides safety to foreign diplomats on travel
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | قَوَّاس qawwās |
الْقَوَّاس al-qawwās |
قَوَّاس qawwās |
| nominative | قَوَّاسٌ qawwāsun |
الْقَوَّاسُ al-qawwāsu |
قَوَّاسُ qawwāsu |
| accusative | قَوَّاسًا qawwāsan |
الْقَوَّاسَ al-qawwāsa |
قَوَّاسَ qawwāsa |
| genitive | قَوَّاسٍ qawwāsin |
الْقَوَّاسِ al-qawwāsi |
قَوَّاسِ qawwāsi |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | قَوَّاسَيْن qawwāsayn |
الْقَوَّاسَيْن al-qawwāsayn |
قَوَّاسَيْ qawwāsay |
| nominative | قَوَّاسَانِ qawwāsāni |
الْقَوَّاسَانِ al-qawwāsāni |
قَوَّاسَا qawwāsā |
| accusative | قَوَّاسَيْنِ qawwāsayni |
الْقَوَّاسَيْنِ al-qawwāsayni |
قَوَّاسَيْ qawwāsay |
| genitive | قَوَّاسَيْنِ qawwāsayni |
الْقَوَّاسَيْنِ al-qawwāsayni |
قَوَّاسَيْ qawwāsay |
| plural | sound masculine plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | قَوَّاسِين qawwāsīn |
الْقَوَّاسِين al-qawwāsīn |
قَوَّاسِي qawwāsī |
| nominative | قَوَّاسُونَ qawwāsūna |
الْقَوَّاسُونَ al-qawwāsūna |
قَوَّاسُو qawwāsū |
| accusative | قَوَّاسِينَ qawwāsīna |
الْقَوَّاسِينَ al-qawwāsīna |
قَوَّاسِي qawwāsī |
| genitive | قَوَّاسِينَ qawwāsīna |
الْقَوَّاسِينَ al-qawwāsīna |
قَوَّاسِي qawwāsī |
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- قواص (kavvas), قاواص (kavvas).
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic قَوَّاس (qawwās).
Noun
قواس • (kavvas)
- archer
- guard, patrol, watchman, doorkeeper, police
- guard, one who provides safety to a traveller (in the end especially to a diplomat)
- messenger, emissary
Descendants
- Turkish: kavas
- → Arabic: قَوَّاس (qawwās) (semantic loan)
- → Albanian: kafaz, gavas, kavas, kavaz, kafas — archaic
- → Armenian: խավազ (xavaz)
- → Aromanian: cavaz, cafas, gãvaz
- → Bulgarian: кава́з (kaváz), гава́з (gaváz), кава́с (kavás), гава́зин (gavázin)
- → English: kavass, cavass, kavas
- → Macedonian: каваз (kavaz)
- → Romanian: cavas
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: каваз
- Latin script: kavaz
- → Turkish: kavvâs
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قواس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 974b
- Miklosich, Franz (1884) Die türkischen Elemente in den südost- und osteuropäischen Sprachen (Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Classe)[2] (in German), volume 34, Wien: In Commission bei Carl Gerold’s Sohn