قىسقاچ

Uyghur

Alternative forms
  • قىسقۇچ (qisquch)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kïsgač,[1] from *kïs- (“to squeeze, to pinch”).[2] Cognates with Turkish kıskaç, Southern Altai кыскаш (kïskaš).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /qisqɑt͡ʃ/

Noun

قىسقاچ • (qisqach) (plural قىسقاچلار (qisqachlar))

  1. pincers, pliers

References
  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kısğa:ç”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 667
  2. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kɨs-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Further reading
  • Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN
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