"قواس" meaning in Ottoman Turkish

See قواس in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: kavvas [romanization], قواص [alternative], قاواص [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic قَوَّاس (qawwās). Etymology templates: {{bor+|ota|ar|قَوَّاس}} Borrowed from Arabic قَوَّاس (qawwās) Head templates: {{head|ota|noun|||||||f2tr=|ftr=|head=|tr=kavvas}} قواس • (kavvas), {{ota-noun|tr=kavvas}} قواس • (kavvas)
  1. archer
    Sense id: en-قواس-ota-noun-4iYwbz-H
  2. guard, patrol, watchman, doorkeeper, police
    Sense id: en-قواس-ota-noun-f8R09SMQ
  3. guard, one who provides safety to a traveller (in the end especially to a diplomat)
    Sense id: en-قواس-ota-noun-d-GM5SZI Categories (other): Pages with entries, Diplomacy, Occupations Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 29 35 2 4 19 7 Disambiguation of Diplomacy: 17 15 53 15 Disambiguation of Occupations: 16 16 52 15
  4. messenger, emissary
    Sense id: en-قواس-ota-noun-9uI13JWk Categories (other): Ottoman Turkish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Ottoman Turkish entries with incorrect language header: 19 8 30 42
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "kavas"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkish: kavas",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkish: kavas"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ar",
            "2": "قَوَّاس",
            "sml": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Arabic: قَوَّاس (qawwās) (semantic loan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Arabic: قَوَّاس (qawwās) (semantic loan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "kafaz",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1",
            "id": "guard"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: kafaz, gavas, kavas, kavaz, kafas — archaic",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: kafaz, gavas, kavas, kavaz, kafas — archaic"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "խավազ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Armenian: խավազ (xavaz)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Armenian: խավազ (xavaz)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "cavaz",
            "3": "cafas",
            "4": "gãvaz",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Aromanian: cavaz, cafas, gãvaz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Aromanian: cavaz, cafas, gãvaz"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bg",
            "2": "кава́з",
            "3": "гава́з",
            "4": "кава́с",
            "5": "гава́зин",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bulgarian: кава́з (kaváz), гава́з (gaváz), кава́с (kavás), гава́зин (gavázin)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bulgarian: кава́з (kaváz), гава́з (gaváz), кава́с (kavás), гава́зин (gavázin)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "kavass",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: kavass, cavass, kavas",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: kavass, cavass, kavas"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mk",
            "2": "каваз",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Macedonian: каваз (kavaz)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Macedonian: каваз (kavaz)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "cavas",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: cavas",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: cavas"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "каваз",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Cyrillic script: каваз",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Cyrillic script: каваз"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "kavaz",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin script: kavaz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin script: kavaz"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "kavvâs",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: kavvâs",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: kavvâs"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ota",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "قَوَّاس"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic قَوَّاس (qawwās)",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic قَوَّاس (qawwās).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kavvas",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "قواص",
      "roman": "kavvas",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "قاواص",
      "roman": "kavvas",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ota",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f2tr": "",
        "ftr": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": "kavvas"
      },
      "expansion": "قواس • (kavvas)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "kavvas"
      },
      "expansion": "قواس • (kavvas)",
      "name": "ota-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
  "lang_code": "ota",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "archer"
      ],
      "id": "en-قواس-ota-noun-4iYwbz-H",
      "links": [
        [
          "archer",
          "archer"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "guard, patrol, watchman, doorkeeper, police"
      ],
      "id": "en-قواس-ota-noun-f8R09SMQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "guard",
          "guard"
        ],
        [
          "patrol",
          "patrol"
        ],
        [
          "watchman",
          "watchman"
        ],
        [
          "doorkeeper",
          "doorkeeper"
        ],
        [
          "police",
          "police"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 29 35 2 4 19 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 15 53 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ota",
          "name": "Diplomacy",
          "orig": "ota:Diplomacy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 16 52 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ota",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "ota:Occupations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "guard, one who provides safety to a traveller (in the end especially to a diplomat)"
      ],
      "id": "en-قواس-ota-noun-d-GM5SZI",
      "links": [
        [
          "guard",
          "guard"
        ],
        [
          "safety",
          "safety"
        ],
        [
          "traveller",
          "traveller"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 8 30 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ottoman Turkish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "messenger, emissary"
      ],
      "id": "en-قواس-ota-noun-9uI13JWk",
      "links": [
        [
          "messenger",
          "messenger"
        ],
        [
          "emissary",
          "emissary"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "قواس"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ottoman Turkish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ottoman Turkish lemmas",
    "Ottoman Turkish nouns",
    "Ottoman Turkish terms borrowed from Arabic",
    "Ottoman Turkish terms derived from Arabic",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ota:Diplomacy",
    "ota:Occupations"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "kavas"
          },
          "expansion": "Turkish: kavas",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Turkish: kavas"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ar",
            "2": "قَوَّاس",
            "sml": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Arabic: قَوَّاس (qawwās) (semantic loan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Arabic: قَوَّاس (qawwās) (semantic loan)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "kafaz",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1",
            "id": "guard"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: kafaz, gavas, kavas, kavaz, kafas — archaic",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: kafaz, gavas, kavas, kavaz, kafas — archaic"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hy",
            "2": "խավազ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Armenian: խավազ (xavaz)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Armenian: խավազ (xavaz)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "cavaz",
            "3": "cafas",
            "4": "gãvaz",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Aromanian: cavaz, cafas, gãvaz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Aromanian: cavaz, cafas, gãvaz"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "bg",
            "2": "кава́з",
            "3": "гава́з",
            "4": "кава́с",
            "5": "гава́зин",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Bulgarian: кава́з (kaváz), гава́з (gaváz), кава́с (kavás), гава́зин (gavázin)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Bulgarian: кава́з (kaváz), гава́з (gaváz), кава́с (kavás), гава́зин (gavázin)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "kavass",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: kavass, cavass, kavas",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: kavass, cavass, kavas"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mk",
            "2": "каваз",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Macedonian: каваз (kavaz)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Macedonian: каваз (kavaz)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "cavas",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: cavas",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: cavas"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "каваз",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Cyrillic script: каваз",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Cyrillic script: каваз"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sh",
            "2": "kavaz",
            "sclb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin script: kavaz",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin script: kavaz"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "kavvâs",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: kavvâs",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: kavvâs"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ota",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "قَوَّاس"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic قَوَّاس (qawwās)",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic قَوَّاس (qawwās).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kavvas",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "قواص",
      "roman": "kavvas",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "قاواص",
      "roman": "kavvas",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ota",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "f2tr": "",
        "ftr": "",
        "head": "",
        "tr": "kavvas"
      },
      "expansion": "قواس • (kavvas)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "tr": "kavvas"
      },
      "expansion": "قواس • (kavvas)",
      "name": "ota-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
  "lang_code": "ota",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "archer"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "archer",
          "archer"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "guard, patrol, watchman, doorkeeper, police"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "guard",
          "guard"
        ],
        [
          "patrol",
          "patrol"
        ],
        [
          "watchman",
          "watchman"
        ],
        [
          "doorkeeper",
          "doorkeeper"
        ],
        [
          "police",
          "police"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "guard, one who provides safety to a traveller (in the end especially to a diplomat)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "guard",
          "guard"
        ],
        [
          "safety",
          "safety"
        ],
        [
          "traveller",
          "traveller"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "messenger, emissary"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "messenger",
          "messenger"
        ],
        [
          "emissary",
          "emissary"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "قواس"
}

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