جنبس

Ottoman Turkish

جنبس

Alternative forms

• جنبز (cımbız)

Etymology

From Greek τσιμπίδι (tsimpídi), from the verb τσιμπάω (tsimpáo, “to nip, pinch, sting, prick”).

Noun

جنبس • (cımbıs)

1. tweezers, a small instrument used for handling small objects or plucking hairs

   Synonym: ملقط (milkat)

Descendants

• Turkish: cımbız
• → Armenian: ճըմպըզ (čəmpəz)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “cımbız”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 797
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “جنبس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 447
• Kerestedjian, Bedros (1912) “djinbis”, in Kerest Haig, editor, Quelques matériaux pour un dictionnaire étymologique de la langue Turque (in French), London: Luzac & Co., page 346
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “cımbız”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “جنبس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 681