كرپدن

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

A vulgarization of Arabic كَلْبَتَانِ (kalbatāni, “tongs, pincers”).

Noun

كرپدن • (kerpeden)

pincers, nipper, a gripping tool, pivoted like a pair of scissors, but with blunt jaws

Descendants

Turkish: kerpeten

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kerpeten”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2561
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كرپدن”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1019
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kerpeten”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كرپدن”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1537

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