Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish مقاص (makas), from Arabic مِقَصّ (miqaṣṣ).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mǎkaze/
  • Hyphenation: ма‧ка‧зе

Noun

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ма̀казе f (Latin spelling màkaze)

  1. (plural only) scissors
    Synonyms: шка̏ре, но̏жице

References

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  • маказе”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024