قینچی

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قیچی‎ (qeyči), from Chagatai [Term?], ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *kaïcï, compare Mongolian хайч (xajč).

Pronunciation

Noun

قَین٘چی • (qaincī) f (Hindi spelling क़ैंची)

  1. scissors

Declension
Declension of قینچی
singular plural
direct قینچی‎ (qaincī) قینچیاں‎ (qainciyā̃)
oblique قینچی‎ (qaincī) قینچیوں‎ (qainciyō̃)
vocative قینچی‎ (qaincī) قینچیو‎ (qainciyō)

References
  • “قینچی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “قینچی”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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