каршу

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *karĺčï. Cognate to Kyrgyz каршы (karşı), etc.

Adjective

каршу • (karšu)

  1. contrary
  2. (archaic) contrast, opposition
  3. against, opposite

References

  • Verbickij, V. I. (1884), “каршу”, in Словарь алтайского и аладагского наречий тюркского языка [Dictionary of Altaic and Aladag dialects of Turkic], Kazan, page 134
  • Levitskaja, L. S.; Dybo, A. V.; Rassadin, V. I. (1997), “ҚАРЫШ-, ҚАРШЫ-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Jazyki russkoj kulʹtury, pages 326, 327
  • Axmetʹjanov, R. G. (2015), “КАРШЫ”, in Татар теленең этимологик сүзлеге / Этимологический словарь татарского языка [Tatar etymological dictionary] (in Tatar), volume 1, Kazan: Magarif-Vakyt, →ISBN, page 375