پنچه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From older پنجه (pence), from Persian پنجه (panje, “paw”), a development of پنج (panj, “five”). It replaced the native word قیناق (kıynak, “claw, talon, paw”).

Noun

پنچه • (pençe) (definite accusative پنچه‌یی (pençeyi), plural پنچه‌لر (pençeler))

  1. paw, the soft foot of a mammal or other animal that has claws or nails, comparable to a human hand or foot
    Synonym: كف (kef)
  2. claw, talon, unguis, a sharp, hooked nail on each digit of the foot of a bird of prey or other predatory animal
    Synonyms: چنك (çenk), طرمیق (tırmık), طرناق (tırnak), قیناق (kıynak)
  3. signature, a depiction of someone's name, used as identification or to signify approval of accompanying material
    Synonym: امضا (imza)

Derived terms

  • آرسلان پنچه‌سی (arslan pençesi, “lady's mantle”)
  • آیی پنچه‌سی (ayı pençesi, “bear's breech”)
  • ال پنچه طورمق (el pençe durmak, “to stand in an attitude of respect”)
  • دكز پنچه‌سی (deñiz pençesi, “coralline”)
  • شیر پنچه (şir pençe, “carbuncle”)
  • قورت پنچه‌سی (kurt pençesi, “bistort”)
  • كوپك پنچه‌سی (köpek pençesi, “Rutland beauty”)
  • پنچه آتمق (pençe atmak, “to seize”)
  • پنچه آل عبا (pençe-i âl-i ʼaba, “the Ahl al-Bayt”)
  • پنچه صالمق (pençe salmak, “to seize”)
  • پنچه‌لتمك (pençeletmek, “to make or let be signed”)
  • پنچه‌لشمك (pençeleşmek, “to lock fingers with another”)
  • پنچه‌لمك (pençelemek, “to paw; to seize”)
  • پنچه‌لنمك (pençelenmek, “to be officially signed”)
  • پنچه‌لو (pençeli, “possessed of paws or talons”)
  • پنچه‌یه كچیرمك (pençeye geçirmek, “to usurp, take over”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: pençe
  • → Armenian: փէնչէ (pʻēnčʻē)
  • → Crimean Tatar: panca
  • → Romanian: pingea
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: па̑нџа
    Latin script: pȃndža

Further reading

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