قارفیچه

Ottoman Turkish

قارفیچه

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek καρφίτσα (karfítsa, “pin”), a diminutive of καρφί (karfí, “nail”).

Noun

قارفیچه • (karfiçe)

1. pin, a small nail with a head and a sharp point

Descendants

• Turkish: karfiçe
• → Armenian: (Constantinople) քարֆիցա (kʻarficʻa), (Van) կառպիցա (kaṙpicʻa)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “karfiçe”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2430
• Kerestedjian, Bedros (1912) “carfitché”, in Kerest Haig, editor, Quelques matériaux pour un dictionnaire étymologique de la langue Turque (in French), London: Luzac & Co., page 351
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قارفیچه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1414