Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian قیچی (qayčī), from Chagatai [Term?], ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *kaïčï, compare Mongolian хайч (xajč).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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قَین٘چی (qa͠icīf (Hindi spelling क़ैंची)

  1. scissors

Declension

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    Declension of قینچی
singular plural
direct قینچی (qaincī) قینچِیاں (qainciyā̃)
oblique قینچی (qaincī) قینچِیوں (qainciyō̃)
vocative قینچی (qaincī) قینچِیو (qainciyō)

References

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  • قینچی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • قینچی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.