پنچه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

پنجه (pence) (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Noun

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

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)
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)
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, “possesed 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

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