قیچی

See also: فيجي

Persian

قیچی

Etymology

Ultimately Derived from Proto-Mongolic *kaïcï, compare Mongolian хайч (xajč).[1] Likely via Chagatai or Old Anatolian Turkish.

Compare Mongolian хайч (xajč), Assamese কেঁচি (kẽsi), Bengali কাঁচি (kãci), Hindi क़ैंची (qa͠icī), and Urdu قَین٘چی (qa͠icī).

Pronunciation

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

(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^?	qayčī

Noun


Iranian Persian	قیچی
Dari	قیچی
Tajik	қайчӣ

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

scissors

Synonyms

برنیش (borniš) (classic, dated)
دوکارد (dokârd)
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)

References

Doerfer, Gerhard (1963) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 16)‎ (in German), volume I, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 448–451

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