قمش

Karakhanid

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kamïĺ (“reed”). Cognate with Azerbaijani qamış. From the root ق م ش (q-m-š).

Noun

قَمِشْ (qamïš)

1. reed

Descendants

• Chagatai: قامیش
  • Uyghur: قومۇش (qomush)
  • Uzbek: qamish

References

• al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 369