قیچی

See also: فيجي

Persian

Etymology

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

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^?	ġayči
Tajik reading^?	qayči

Noun

قیچی • (qayčī / ġayči) (plural قیچی‌ها (qayčī-hā / ġayči-hâ), Tajik spelling қайчӣ)

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Synonyms: (classic, dated) برنیش (borniš); دوکارده (dokârde); گازود (gâzud)

Descendants

→ Assamese: কেঁচি (kẽsi)
→ Bengali: কাঁচি (kãci), কাঁইচি (kãici), কেঁচি (kẽci), ক্যাঁয়চি (kễẏoci)
→ Gujarati: કેંચી (keñcī)
→ Hindustani: qa͠icī
Hindi: क़ैंची

Urdu: قَین٘چی
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਕੈਂਚੀ (kaiñcī)

Shahmukhi script: قَین٘چی (qaiṉcī)

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)‎^[1] (in German), volume I, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 448–451