سندو
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Karakhanid[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Middle Chinese 剪刀 (MC tsjenX taw, “scissors”). Similarity to سنماق (sïnmāq, “to be broken”) is coincidental.
Noun[edit]
سِنْدُو (sïndū)
References[edit]
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “sındu:”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 836
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sındı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading[edit]
- al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi [Translation of the “Compendium of the languages of the Turks”] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, volume I, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943, page 418