pençe

See also: pence and Pence

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish پنچه (pençe, “hand, paw, claw; signature”), from older پنجه (pence, “hand; firm grip; set of five”), from Persian پنجه (panje), from پنج (panj, “five”).

Noun

pençe

1. paw, claw

See also

• ayak
• pati

Descendants

• → Serbo-Croatian: панџа (pandža)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “pençe”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پنچه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 454