پیچ
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From a dialectal form of Armenian բիճ (bič), from Middle Armenian բիճ (bič).
Noun
پیچ • (piç)
- bastard, illegitimate child
- sucker (an undesired stem growing out of the roots or lower trunk of a plant)
Descendants
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բիճ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 451b
- Budagov, Lazarʹ (1869) Сравнительный словарь турецко-татарских наречий [Comparative Dictionary of Turko-Tatar Dialects] (in Russian), volume I, Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 324
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “piç”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume IV, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, pages 3851–3852
- Karapetean, Petros Zēkʻi (1912) “پیچ”, in Mec baṙaran ōsmanerēnē hayerēn [Great Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary], Constantinople: Aršak Karōean, page 202a
Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈpeːt͡ʃ/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [pʰeːt͡ʃ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [pʰiːt͡ʃ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [pʰet͡ʃ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | pēč |
| Dari reading? | pēč |
| Iranian reading? | pič |
| Tajik reading? | peč |
- Rhymes: -iːt͡ʃ
Verb
پیچ • (pič)
- present stem of پیچیدن (pičidan)
Noun
پیچ • (pič)
- screw
- پیچی بستن ― piči bastan ― to bolt a screw
- پیچی باز کردن ― piči bâz kardan ― to unscrew
- curve, curvature; twist, curl
- پیچ جاده ― pič-e jâdde ― road bend
- (figurative) something intricate