Kashgain.
/ˈkaʃɡʌɪ/ 1. A Turkic-speaking people living around Shiraz in Iran; a member of this people. Also attributive.
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Azerbaijani1911
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1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 625/1 The Kashgais, or those wandering semi-Turkish tribes brought down from Turkestan to the neighbourhood of Shíráz, have the credit of possessing good steeds.
1921 Glasgow Herald 19 Apr. 5 Among the most important questions were the relations with the Kashgais and other nomad tribes. The Kashgais were about 135,000 strong.
1937 Sunday Times 29 Aug. 7/5 The region is occupied by scattered and turbulent Qashgais upon whom the Tehran Government has only very recently imposed its authority.
1957 H. H. Vreeland Iran ix. 105 The Qashqa'i tribesmen are important in this area.
1957 H. H. Vreeland Iran x. 128 The Qashqa'i have firmly resisted conscription, and no tribal members have yet been taken into the army.
2. attributive or absol. Designating a type of nomad rug made by this people.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [noun] > rug > Persian or Iranian
Mir1900
Sarouk1900
Saraband1901
Sehna1901
Kashan1905
Afshar1909
Bakhtiari1922
Kashgai1922
Feraghan1929
polonaise1930
Ispahan1931
Qum1962
1922 A. F. Kendrick & C. E. C. Tattersall Hand-woven Carpets 196 Kashkai carpets.
1931 A. U. Dilley Oriental Rugs & Carpets iv. 95 Both Afshar and Kashgai rugs are Caucasian nomad transplants.
1962 C. W. Jacobsen Oriental Rugs ii. 257 Plate 104 is a typical design found in many Qashqai (Mecca Shiraz) but no two designs are exactly alike.
1962 C. W. Jacobsen Oriental Rugs iii. 403 The correct technical name is ‘Qashqai Prayer Rug’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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