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buzkashi

buzkashi noun: a team sport originating in Central Asia, where the players, all on horseback, try to place an animal carcass into a goal.

Noun

buzkashi (uncountable)

  1. A team sport originating in Central Asia, where the players, all on horseback, try to place an animal carcass into a goal.

Origin of buzkashi

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

Questions about buzkashi

What does buzkashi mean?
Buzkashi means a team sport originating in Central Asia, where the players, all on horseback, try to place an animal carcass into a goal.
What part of speech is buzkashi?
Buzkashi is a noun.

Words near buzkashi in the dictionary

  1. Buzbys
  2. Buzek
  3. Buzen
  4. buzgut
  5. buzguts
  6. buzkashi
  7. Buzoești
  8. buzuki
  9. buzukis
  10. buzuq
  11. buzuqs

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