كسكی

Ottoman Turkish

كسكی

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kesgü (“cutting tool”), a development of *kes- (“to cut”), whence كسمك (kesmek, “to cut”).

Noun

كسكی • (keski)

1. chisel, a cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal

   Synonym: آرده (arda)

2. billhook, an agricultural tool used for pruning or cutting thick plants

   Synonym: داس (das)

Descendants

• Turkish: keski

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “keski1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2572
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “كسكی”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 390b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كسكی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1026
• Moran, Ahmet Vahid (1924) “chisel”, in A condensed dictionary, English–Turkish, Constantinople: Fratelli Haim, page 76a
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “keski”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كسكی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1548