қамса

See also: камса

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic قامسا
Cyrillic қамса
Latin qamsa

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian камса́ (kamsá).

Noun

қамса • (qamsa)

  1. European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)

Usage notes

The form қамза (qamza) found only in Musakulov's dictionary is probably spurious.

Declension

References

  • Qaliev, Baiynqol (2014) “қамса”, in Қазақ тілінің түсіндірме сөздігі [Explanatory dictionary of Kazakh], Almaty: The State language Development Institute, page 326b
  • Mūsaqūlov, Tälıp (1959) “анчоус”, in Орысша-қазақша түсіндірмелі биологиялық сөздік [Russian–Kazakh explanatory biological dictionary], volume I, Alma-Ata: Kazakh State Press, page 42a
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