{{Short description|Device that holds rifle cartridges}} {{One source | date = January 2020 }} [[File:Gazyirnitsa.jpg|right|200px|Dagestani Gazyr bag from Kubachi|thumb]] right|200px|thumb|A Georgian man in chokha[[File:Pyotr Wrangel, portrait medium.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Baron Pyotr Wrangel in Russian Cossack uniform]] A '''gazyr''' (Abkhaz: Аҳазырҭрақәа/а-хьазыр, Adyghe: хьэзыр, Armenian: Գազիրներ, Avar: Роцен, Azerbaijani: Vəznə, Chechen: Бустамаш bustamash, Dargin: Буста/Бустат, Ingush: Бустамаш, Ossetian: Бæрцытæ, Georgian: მასრები ''masrebi, Lak: чила, Lezgin: Везнеяр,'' {{langx|ru|газырь}} from Turkish hazır, "ready", ultimately from Arabic) is an implement to hold a rifle charge: a tube with a bullet and a measure of gunpowder or a paper cartridge. They were carried in gazyr bags or in rows of small pockets on the breast. Later, gazyr pockets became a distinctive element of national dress of the peoples of Caucasus, such as the chokha.<ref>Л. В. Беловински, "Газыри, хазыри, хозыри", in: "Иллюстрированный энциклопедический историко-бытовой словарь русского народа. XVIII — начало XIX в."/ Moscow, Eksmo, 2007, {{ISBN|978-5-699-24458-4}}, p. 115.</ref>
Gazyr breast pockets ("gazyrs") were borrowed by Russian Cossacks, together with other elements of Caucasus peoples' outfit, as part of their military uniform.
==See also== *Bandolier
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:Ammunition Category:Cossack culture Category:Culture of the Caucasus