carquois

French

Etymology

From Old French carcois, carquais, from earlier tarchais, tarquait, from Byzantine Greek ταρκάσιον (tarkásion), from Arabic تِرْكَاش‎ (tirkāš), from Persian ‎ (tirkaš), ‎ (tarkaš, tarkeš).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaʁ.kwa/

Noun

carquois m (plural carquois)

quiver (for arrows)

Further reading

“carquois” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

croquais

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