جنبس
Ottoman Turkish edit
Alternative forms edit
- جنبز (cımbız)
Etymology edit
From Greek τσιμπίδι (tsimpídi), from the verb τσιμπάω (tsimpáo, “to nip, pinch, sting, prick”).
Noun edit
جنبس • (cımbıs)
- tweezers, a small instrument used for handling small objects or plucking hairs
- Synonym: ملقط (milkat)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “cımbız”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 797
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جنبس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 447
- Kerestedjian, Bedros (1912) “djinbis”, in Kerest Haig, editor, Quelques matériaux pour un dictionnaire étymologique de la langue Turque (in French), London: Luzac & Co., page 346
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “cımbız”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جنبس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 681