оқшашар

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Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabic وقشاشار
Cyrillic оқшашар
Latin oqşaşar
Yañalif oqcacar

Etymology

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From оқ (oq, bullet) +‎ шашу (şaşu, to throw). Calque of Russian пулемёт (pulemjót, bullet-thrower), from пуля (pulja, bullet) +‎ метать (metatʹ, to throw). Cognate to Nogai окшашар (okşaşar).

Noun

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оқшашар (oqşaşar)

  1. machine gun