turcasso

== Italian == === Alternative forms === carcasso (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from Byzantine Greek ταρκάσιον (tarkásion), from Arabic تَرْكَاش (tarkāš), from Persian ترکش (tarkaš), earlier تیرکش (tirkaš), derived from تیر (tir, “arrow”) + کش (kaš, “container”); modified by influence of turco (“Turkish”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /turˈkas.so/ Rhymes: -asso Hyphenation: tur‧càs‧so === Noun === turcasso m (plural turcassi) (literary, archery) quiver Synonym: faretra Coordinate terms: arco, freccia (archaic) a case for tools === Further reading === turcasso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana turcasso in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication