kıskaç

Significado (Inglés)

  1. Any tool used to pinch or squeeze such as pliers, pincers, tongs, clamp etc.
  2. A pair of folding ladders.
  3. The claws of some crustaceans used for feeding or defence.
  4. fire tongs

Frecuencia

44k
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/kɯsˈkat͡ʃ/
Etimología (Inglés)

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قیصقاج (ḳıṣḳac, “folding steps”) or قیصاج (ḳıṣac, “pincers”), from Proto-Turkic *kïsgač, from *kïs- (“to squeeze, to pinch”) + *-gač, equivalent to kıs- (“to squeeze”) + -kaç. Cognates with Azerbaijani qısqac, Karakhanid قِسْغاجْ (qısɣač), Karaim кыскач, Kazakh қысқыш (qysqyş), Tatar кыскыч (qıskıç), Turkmen gysgyç, Uyghur قىسقاچ (qisqach), Uzbek qisqich.

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