inch

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Noun

1. An English unit of length equal to 1/12 of a foot or 2.54 cm, conceived as roughly the width of a thumb.
2. Any very short distance.
3. Any of various similar units of length in other traditional systems of measurement.
4. A depth of one inch on the ground, used as a measurement of rainfall.
5. A depth of one inch in a glass, used as a rough measurement of alcoholic beverages.

Verb

1. To advance very slowly, or by a small amount (in a particular direction).
2. To drive by inches, or small degrees.
3. To deal out by inches; to give sparingly.

Adj

cocky and cheeky

Verb

to burn (to insult); to speak in a cocky and cheeky manner

Wekî (IPA) tê gotin

/ɪnt͡ʃ/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

From Middle English ynche, enche, from Old English ynċe, borrowed from Latin uncia (“Roman inch, various similar units”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”). Cognate with Middle Dutch enke (“thumb, thumb's width, inch”). Doublet of ounce, uncia, onça, onza, oka, ouguiya, and awqiyyah.

Hevokên

He heard a muffled grating sound and saw the black mark jerk forward an inch or so .

Wî bihîst ku dengek mestirek bihîst û dît ku marka reş jerk li pêş an jî wusa ye.