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 ‎ (panje), from ‎ (panj, “five”).

Noun

pençe

paw, claw

Descendants

→ Serbo-Croatian: панџа (pandža)

See also

ayak
pati

References

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

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