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A gazyr (Abkhaz language: Аҳазырҭрақәа/а-хьазыр, Adyghe language: хьэзыр, Avar language: Роцен, Azerbaijani: Vəznə, Chechen language: Бустамаш bustamash, Dargwa language: Буста/Бустат, Ingush language: Бустамаш, Ossetian: Бæрцытæ, Georgian: მასრები masrebi, Lak language: чила, Lezgian language: Везнеяр, from Turkish , "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.Л. В. Беловински, "Газыри, хазыри, хозыри", in: "Иллюстрированный энциклопедический историко-бытовой словарь русского народа. XVIII — начало XIX в."/ Moscow, Eksmo, 2007, , p. 115.
Gazyr breast pockets ("gazyrs") were borrowed by Russian Cossacks, together with other elements of Caucasus peoples' outfit, as part of their military uniform.
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