kargaşa

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قارغاشه, قارغشه (kargaşa, “dispute; confusion; clamor of crows”). Cognate with Kyrgyz каргаша (kargaşa, “disaster”).

Noun

kargaşa (definite accusative kargaşayı, plural kargaşalar)

1. confusion, disorder; dispute, quarrel

Derived terms

• kargaşalık

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قارغشه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 925
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kargaşa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قارغاشه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1411
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN