قوسقونسز

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From قوسقون (kuskun, “crupper”) +‎ ـسز (-sız, -suz, “-less”).

Adjective

قوسقونسز • (kuskunsuz)

(of a horse) crupperless, that wears no crupper or similar straps
(figuratively) neglected, broken-down, not properly maintained

Descendants

Turkish: kuskunsuz

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kuskunsuz”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2859
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قوسقونسز”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 982
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قوسقونسز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1487

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