buzkashi

English

Etymology

From Classical Persian بزکشی (buz-kašī); compound of بز (buz, “goat”) + کش (kaš, “dragging, drawing”) + ـی (-ī).[1]

Noun

buzkashi (uncountable)

  1. (games, sports) A team sport originating in Central Asia, where the players, all on horseback, try to place an animal carcass into a goal.

Translations

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “buzkashi”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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