Qashqai

noun

Qash·​qai

variants or less commonly Quashqai

ˈkäshˌkī

plural Qashqai or Qashqais

1

: a migratory Turkic-speaking people of the Zagros mountains situated east of the Bakhtiari

2

: a member of the Qashqai people

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