قیچی

See also: فيجي

Persian

قیچی

Etymology

Ultimately Derived from Proto-Mongolic *kaïčï, compare Mongolian хайч (xajč). Likely via Chagatai or Old Anatolian Turkish.

Compare Mongolian хайч (xajč).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [qaj.ˈt͡ʃiː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qäj.t͡ʃʰíː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qäj.t͡ʃʰíː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qäj.t͡ʃʰíː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qäj.t͡ʃʰí]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qej.t͡ʃʰíː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qäj.t͡ʃʰí]

Readings
Classical reading?	qayčī
Dari reading?	qayčī
Iranian reading?	ğeyči
Tajik reading?	qayči

Noun

Dari	قیچی
Iranian Persian
Tajik	қайчӣ

قِیچی • (qeyči) (plural قیچی‌ها (qeyči-hâ))

1. scissors

   Synonyms: (classic, dated) برنیش (borniš); دوکارده (dokârde); گازود (gâzud)

Descendants

• → Assamese: কেঁচি (kẽsi)
• → Bengali: কাঁচি (kãci)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: क़ैंची (qa͠icī)

  Urdu: قَین٘چی (qa͠icī)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਕੈਂਚੀ (kaiñcī)

  Shahmukhi script: قینچی (qaincī)