kaş

From Persian کاش.

• IPA^(key): [cɑʃ], [t͡ʃɑʃ]

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kaş

1. (somewhat poetic) would; if only (a conjunction indicating a wish, often for counterfactual events)

   Kaş ki, gəlməyəydim. ― I wish I had not come.

   Kaş ki, cavabı biləydim. ― Oh would that I knew the answer.

   Kaş ki, deməyəydin bu sözləri. ― If only you had not spoken these words.

• Often used with the following conjunction ki, sometimes written as one word: kaşki.

• “kaş” in Obastan.com.

From Ottoman Turkish قاش (kaş, “eyebrow”), from Proto-Turkic *kāĺ (“eyebrow; edge”).

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kaş (definite accusative kaşı, plural kaşlar)

1. eyebrow
2. saddlebow
3. cliff (dialectal)
4. border, barrier of vineyards and orchards (dialectal)
5. fireplace mantel (dialectal)

• kaşlı
• kaşsız
• kaşlık
• kaşlanmak

• “kaş”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu