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kurash

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

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noun

Meaning 1

Any one of several types of wrestling, historically practised in Central Asia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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History

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Uzbek kurash, ultimately from Proto-Common Turkic *küreš-.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Southern Altai: кӱреш (küreš) — Translations
  • Azerbaijani: güləş — Translations
  • Bashkir: көрәш (körəş) — Translations
  • Kazakh: күрес (küres) — Translations
  • Kyrgyz: күрөш (küröş) — Translations
  • Mongolian: кураш (kuraš) — Translations
  • Shor: кӱреш (küreş) — Translations
  • Tatar: күреш (küreş) — Translations
  • Turkish: güreş — Translations
  • Turkmen: göreş — Translations
  • Uzbek: kurash — Translations