thimble

Etymology
The is derived from, , from , then either:


 * from (ultimately from ) + ; or
 * from, from (ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root mentioned above) +.

The English word is analysable as, and is cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,.

The is derived from the noun.

Noun

 * 1)  A pitted, now usually metal, cup-shaped cap worn on the tip of a finger, which is used in sewing to push the needle through material.
 * 2) As much as fills a thimble (sense 1); a thimbleful.
 * 3)  An object which resembles a thimble (sense 1) in shape or size.
 * 4)  A thimble or similar object used in.
 * 5)  A socket in machinery shaped like a thimble.
 * 6)  A metal ring which a cable or rope intended for attaching to other things is looped around as a protection against chafing.
 * 7)  A ring- or tube-shaped component such as a ferrule.
 * 1)  A ring- or tube-shaped component such as a ferrule.
 * 1)  A ring- or tube-shaped component such as a ferrule.
 * 1)  A ring- or tube-shaped component such as a ferrule.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: vingerhoed
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: كُشْتُبَان
 * Hijazi Arabic: كُشْتَبان
 * Armenian:
 * Old Armenian: մատանի
 * Aromanian: dzidzitar
 * Assamese: আঙঠা
 * Azerbaijani: oymaq, üskük
 * Bashkir: уймаҡ
 * Belarusian: напа́рстак
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: на́пръстник
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 頂針
 * Dungan: динҗынзы, динҗыр
 * Eastern Min: 頂針
 * Hakka: 頂指
 * Hokkien:, 指套 , 銅指
 * Jin: 頂針子
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Teochew: 頂針
 * Cimbrian: bingarot
 * Cornish: byskon
 * Crimean Tatar: oymaq
 * Czech: náprstek
 * Dalmatian: ziziul
 * Danish:
 * Dolgan: һүүтүк
 * Dutch:
 * Erzya: сургудо
 * Esperanto: fingringo
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Friulian: dedâl, vignarûl
 * Galician:, alferga, dedil
 * Georgian: სათითე, სათითური
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Haitian Creole: de
 * Hausa: sāfī
 * Hawaiian: komo
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: अंगुश्ताना, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: sormenpäähiäin
 * Irish: méaracán
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: シンブル, ,
 * Kashubian: palecznik
 * Kazakh: оймақ
 * Khmer: ស្នាប់ដេរ, ស្នាប់ម្រាមដៃ
 * Korean: 골무
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: کلکەوانە, قووچەکە
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ປອກມື, ສນັບ
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: antpirštis
 * Macedonian: напрсток
 * Malagasy:
 * Malay: bidal
 * Maltese: vajlora
 * Manx: mairane
 * Maori: temara
 * Mongolian: ,
 * Navajo: nígíí
 * Norman: dée
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: fingerbjørg
 * Occitan:
 * Ottoman Turkish: یوكسوك, اویماق, انگشتانه
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Sardinian: deidale, didale
 * Scottish Gaelic: meuran
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: на́пршња̄к, на́прстак
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: náprstok
 * Slovene: naprstnik
 * Southern Altai: оймок
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: kastabini, kustabani
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: dedal,
 * Tajik:
 * Tamil: விரல் கவசம்
 * Tatar:
 * Telugu: అంగులి త్రానము
 * Thai: ปลอกนิ้ว, สนับ
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: oýmak, ýüwse
 * Tuvan: чүскүк
 * Ukrainian: напе́рсток
 * Urdu: انگشتانہ,
 * Uyghur: ئويماق
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:, doatahätil
 * Welsh: gwniadur
 * Yakut: сүүтүк


 * Finnish: sormustimellinen
 * German: ein Fingerhut voll
 * Greek: ,
 * Irish: lán méaracáin
 * Macedonian: напрсток
 * Manx: lane mairane
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: на́пршња̄к, на́прстак
 * Roman: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Russian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * German: Aufnahmedose,, , , , , ,
 * Hindi:
 * Irish: bianna
 * Russian: ,
 * Urdu: شام


 * Danish: kovs
 * Finnish: kaussi, koussi, silmuri
 * German:, Kausche, Seilkausche
 * Greek: ροδάντζα
 * Hebrew:
 * Irish:
 * Italian: redancia
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kause
 * Nynorsk: kause
 * Polish: chomątko,, sercówka
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: meuran, tumail
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * 1)  To use a thimble (noun sense 1).
 * 2)  To sew.