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Where does “makas” come from?

makas (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish مقص, from Arabic مِقَصّ.

makas (Turkish): scissors

Definitions

  1. scissors

Ancestry of “makas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishمقص—
2Arabicمِقَصّ—
Every word from Arabic مِقَصّ →