Etymology

buzkashi

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Today it means: A team sport originating in Central Asia, where the players, all on horseback, try to place an animal carcass into a goal. Full definition →

Classical Persian بزکشی
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  1. Classical Persian · borrowed fromبزکشی
  2. English todaybuzkashi

From Classical Persian بزکشی (buz-kašī); compound of بز (buz, “goat”) + کش (kaš, “dragging, drawing”) + ـی (-ī).

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