قوسقونسز

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From قوسقون (kuskun, “crupper”) +‎ ـسز (-sız, -suz, “-less”).

Adjective

قوسقونسز • (kuskunsuz)

1. (of a horse) crupperless, that wears no crupper or similar straps
2. (figuratively) neglected, broken-down, not properly maintained

Descendants

• Turkish: kuskunsuz

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “kuskunsuz”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2859
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “قوسقونسز”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎ (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 982
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قوسقونسز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1487