كورش

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *küreš (“wrestling”), from Proto-Turkic *küreš- (“to wrestle”). Cognate with Azerbaijani güləş, Bashkir көрәш (körəş), Chuvash кӗреш (kĕreš), Kazakh күрес (küres), Kyrgyz күрөш (küröş), Turkmen göreş, Tuvan хүреш (xüreş), Uyghur كۈرەش (küresh), Uzbek kurash and Yakut күрэс (küres).

Noun

كورش • (güreş) (definite accusative كورشی (güreşi), plural كورشلر (güreşler))

  1. wrestling, a sport where two opponents attempt to subdue each other in bare-handed grappling using techniques of leverage, holding, and pressure points
    Synonym: كستی (küsti)

Derived terms

  • كورش ایتمك (güreş etmek, “to fight, wrestle”)
  • كورشجی (güreşci, “wrestler”)
  • كورشمك (güreşmek, “to fight, wrestle”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: güreş
  • → Armenian: (Constantinople) կիւլէշ (kiwlēš), (Van) գո̈ւլա̈շ (güläš), (Nor Nakhichevan) կուռաշ (kuṙaš)

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