carcaj

== Spanish == === 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) quiver Synonyms: aljaba, goldre, carcax, carcaza rifle case === Further reading === “carcaj”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025