оқшашар

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic وقشاشار
Cyrillic оқшашар
Latin oqşaşar

Etymology

From оқ (oq, “bullet”) +‎ шашу (şaşu, “to throw”). Calque of Russian пулемёт (pulemjót, “bullet-thrower”), from пуля (pulja, “bullet”) +‎ метать (metatʹ, “to throw”). Cognate to Nogai окшашар (okşaşar).

Noun

оқшашар • (oqşaşar)

  1. machine gun
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