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buzkashi

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Southern Altai: кӧк-бӧрӱ (kök-börü) — a team sport
  • Finnish: buzkashi — a team sport
  • Karakalpak: көкмар — a team sport
  • Kazakh: көкпар (kökpar) — a team sport
  • Kyrgyz: көк-бөрү (kök-börü) — a team sport
  • Dari: بُزْکَشِی (buzkašī) — a team sport
  • Iranian Persian: بُزْکَشی (bozkaši) — a team sport
  • Tajik: бузкашӣ (buzkaši) — a team sport
  • Tajik: кӯбкорӣ (kübkori) — a team sport
  • Uyghur: ئوغلاق تارتىشىش (oghlaq tartishish) — a team sport
  • Uzbek: uloq — a team sport
  • Uzbek: koʻpkari — a team sport