قینچی

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قیچی (qayčī), from Chagatai [Term?], ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *kaïcï, compare Mongolian хайч (xajč).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qɛ̃ː.t͡ʃiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

قَین٘چی • (qa͠icī) f (Hindi spelling क़ैंची)

1. scissors

Declension

Declension of قینچی
	singular	plural
direct	قینچی (qaincī)	قینچیاں (qainciyā̃)
oblique	قینچی (qaincī)	قینچیوں (qainciyō̃)
vocative	قینچی (qaincī)	قینچیو (qainciyō)

References

• “قینچی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “قینچی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.