noose

Etymology
From, of origin.

Possibly from or, , nominative singular or accusative plural of , with a required change in meaning shifting from the "knot" itself to the "loop" created by the knot. If so, then cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬. Compare and.

Alternatively, and perhaps more likely, borrowed from, itself of. Perhaps derived from an incorrect division of, from , from , from. Compare also 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬, potentially created via the same process.

Noun

 * 1) An adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: حَبْل مِشْنَقَة
 * Aromanian: alats
 * Belarusian: пятля
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese:, ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: løkke
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: juoksusilmukka ;
 * French: ,
 * German: ;   (properly the rope)
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: βρόχος, ἀγχόνη
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:, rennilykkja
 * Irish: dol
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 輪縄
 * Latin:, transenna
 * Maori: kōpeti, koromahanga, kono
 * Navajo: łoh
 * Norman: noeud d'pendard
 * Norwegian: renneløkke, rennesnare,
 * Old English: grin
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: lùb
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: омча, петља
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: oprátka
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: löpsnara, rännsnara
 * Ukrainian: петля́, за́шморг
 * Welsh:
 * Yakut: туһах

Verb

 * 1)  To tie or catch in a noose; to entrap or ensnare.