قوسقون

Ottoman Turkish

قوسقون

Alternative forms

  • قوسغون (kusğun), قوسقن (kuskun)
  • գուսգուն (kuskun), գուսղուն (kusğun) Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kuduzgun (crupper), perhaps a derivation from *kudruk (tail). Cognate with Kazakh құйысқан (qūiysqan, crupper). Compare also Mongolian хударга (xudarga, crupper).

Noun

قوسقون • (kuskun)

  1. crupper, a strap, looped under a horse's tail, used to stop a saddle from slipping
    Synonyms: پاردم (pardüm), ثفر (sefer)

Derived terms

  • قوسقون یری (kuskun yeri, rump)
  • قوسقونسز (kuskunsuz, crupperless)
  • قوسقونی دوشوك (kuskunu düşük, drooping-rumped)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kuskun
  • Armenian: խուսխուն (xusxun), ղուսղուն (ġusġun)

Further reading

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