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Etymology 1


From. Found in the , completed some time after 759 CE.

Noun

 * 1) a sickle
 * 2) a sickle-shaped weapon, such as a polearm with a sickle-shaped blade, or a
 * 3) short for : a striker for lighting fires
 * 4)  a perverse or bent tendency or way of thinking
 * 5)  a person with a perverse or bent tendency or way of thinking
 * 6) a category of  featuring a sickle
 * 7)  short for : a hammer-headed tenon
 * 8)  excessive talkativeness
 * 9)  an excessively talkative person
 * 10)  a penis
 * 1) a category of  featuring a sickle
 * 2)  short for : a hammer-headed tenon
 * 3)  excessive talkativeness
 * 4)  an excessively talkative person
 * 5)  a penis

Derived terms

 * : a kind of polearm with a sickle-shaped blade
 * : a scythe
 * : a sickle chain, a kind of weapon
 * : a sickle for mowing grass

Idioms

 * : “the sickle cuts well” → to do things with authority, to get things sorted quickly and efficiently, to do things crisply and tidily
 * : “to apply the sickle” → to get something out of a person without them being aware (compare English ); to tempt someone, to draw someone out
 * : “to be caught by a sickle” → to be taken in by someone, to be fooled or tricked

Noun

 * 1) area of a fish around the gills

Derived terms

 * : a dish prepared from the head of

Etymology 3
From, signifying a container for high heat and referring variously to a , , , ; in turn from. Possibly cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  a rice-cooker
 * 2)  a kiln, an oven
 * 3)  a kitchen range
 * 4)  a boiler, as for a steam engine