carcaj

Spanish

Alternative forms

• carcax, carcaza

Etymology

From Old Spanish carcax, from Old French carcois, carquais, tarquait, tarchais, borrowed in turn from Byzantine Greek καρκάσιον (karkásion), a medieval variant of ταρκάσιον (tarkásion), from Arabic تِرْكَاش (tirkāš), from Persian تیرکش (tirkaš). The -x in Old Spanish may be due to Old Catalan carcax (modern Catalan carcaix) as an intermediate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾˈkax/ [kaɾˈkax]
• Rhymes: -ax
• Syllabification: car‧caj

Noun

carcaj m (plural carcajes)

1. quiver

   Synonyms: aljaba, goldre

2. rifle case

Further reading

• “carcaj”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024