كمانچه
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From كمان (keman, “archery bow; violin, fiddle”) + ـچه (-çe, diminutive suffix for Persian words).
Noun edit
كمانچه • (kemençe)
- a little archery bow
- a bow used for carding cotton or wool
- a long, curved tail to an official signature
- a small-sized violin
Derived terms edit
- كامنچهجی (kemençeci)
Descendants edit
- → Armenian: քեմենչե (kʻemenčʻe)
References edit
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كمانچه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[1], Vienna, columns 4013–4014
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كمانچه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1570