κασκάρα

Cappadocian Greek

Etymology

From Armenian կայծքար (kayckʻar).

Noun

κασκάρα (kaskára)

1. flint

Related terms

• καϊζάρ (kaïzár)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կայծ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Karolídis, Pávlos (1885) Γλωσσάριον συγκριτικόν ελληνοκαππαδοκικών λέξεων (in Greek), Smyrna: O Týpos, page 87