# قارش
## Old Anatolian Turkish
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kārïĺ;, a derivation from *kār-

#### Alternative forms

* قرش (qarış)

#### Noun

قَارِشْ (qarış)
* forearm
* cubit

##### Related terms

* قارمق (qarmaq, “to mix”)
* قارو (qaru, “forearm”)

##### Descendants

* Azerbaijani: qarış
* Gagauz: karış
* Ottoman Turkish: قارش (qarış)
** Turkish: karış
** → Armenian: խառըշ (xaṙəš)

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Common Turkic *kargïš, a derivation from Proto-Turkic *karga-.

#### Alternative forms

* قارقش (qarqış), قارغیش (qarġış)

#### Noun

قَارِشْ (qarış)
* malediction, curse, hex, jinx
    Synonym: ایلنج (ilänc)
    Synonym: آلقش (alqış)

##### Derived terms

* قرش قارمق (qarış qarmaq, “to curse”)

##### Related terms

* قرغامق (qarġamaq, “to curse”)

##### Descendants

* Azerbaijani: qarğış
* Ottoman Turkish: قارش (karış)
** Turkish: kargış, karış, karkış

#### Further reading

* “kargış”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎ (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977
* Kanar, Mehmet (2018) “karış”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 412
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kargış”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

### References

* ↑ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*K(i)arɨĺ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill.
* ↑ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “karı:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 644
* ↑ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “karış”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish قارش (qarış), from Proto-Turkic *kārïĺ, itself a derivation from *kār- (“to mix”). Cognate with Azerbaijani qarış, Bashkir ҡарыш (qarış), Kazakh қарыс (qarys), Kyrgyz карыш (karış), Tatar карыш (qarış), Uyghur غېرىچ (ghërich) and Uzbek qarich.

#### Alternative forms

* قاریش (karış)

#### Noun

قارش • (karış) (definite accusative قارشی (karışı), plural قارشلر (karışlar))
* span, handspan, the full width of an open hand from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger
    Synonym: شبر (şibr)
* (figuratively) nook, retreat, a hidden or secluded spot or place affording privacy or security, any small space
    Synonym: زاویه (zâviye)

##### Derived terms

* قارش قارش آرامق (karış karış aramak, “to search everywhere”)
* قارش قارش اولچمك (karış karış ölçmek, “to measure inch by inch”)
* قارش قارش یوقلامق (karış karış yoklamak, “to examine closely”)
* قارشلاتمق (karışlatmak, “to make or let be measured by the span”)
* قارشلامق (karışlamak, “to measure by the span”)
* قارشلانمق (karışlanmak, “to become a span”)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: karış
* → Armenian: խառըշ (xaṙəš)

#### References

* ↑ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*K(i)arɨĺ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill.
* ↑ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “karı:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 644

#### Further reading

* Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “قارش”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 450
* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “karış1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2437
* Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “قارش”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 349b
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قارش”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 924
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Spithama”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 1585
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “قارش”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 3578
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “karış”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قارش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1410
* Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “قاریش”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1024

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish قَارِشْ (qarış), from Proto-Common Turkic *kargïš, a derivation from Proto-Turkic *karga-.

#### Alternative forms

* قارغش (kargış), قارقش (karkış)

#### Noun

قارش • (karış) (definite accusative قارشی (karışı), plural قارشلر (karışlar))
* confusion, turmoil, disarray, chaos, a state of great disorder or uncertainty
    Synonyms: تشوش (teşevvüs), قارشقلق (karışıklık)
* malediction, curse, imprecation, hex, jinx, a prayer to a supernatural entity that something bad may occur to someone
    Synonyms: بددعا (bedduʼa), ایلنج (ilenc)
    Antonyms: آلقش (alkış), دعا (duʼa)

##### Descendants

* Turkish: kargış, (dialectal) karış, (dialectal) karkış

#### Further reading

* Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “karış1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2437
* Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “قارش”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 349b
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قارش”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 924
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Confusio”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 243
* Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “قارش”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 3578
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قارش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1410