makas

makas

1. plural of maka

• Askam, Kamsa, smaak, kamas, Kamas

From Proto-Baltic *mak-, from Proto-Indo-European *mak- (“small (leather) bag or pouch”), see also Russian мошна (mošna, “purse, pouch”).

mãkas m (plural makai) stress pattern 4

1. purse, wallet

   pametė maką su pinigais ― He lost a wallet with money

2. (anatomy) scrotum

• “makas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
• “makas”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025

makas

1. indefinite genitive singular of maka

• maska, smaka

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مقص (makas), from Arabic مِقَصّ (miqaṣṣ).

• IPA^(key): /maˈkas/

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• Hyphenation: ma‧kas

makas (definite accusative makası, plural makaslar)

1. scissors

   Synonym: (dialectal) sındı

   makasla kesmek ― to cut with scissors

2. (aviation, military) scissors
3. (rail transport) railway junction
4. (rail transport) railroad switch, points, turnout
5. (vehicles) suspension, leaf spring

   Synonym: süspansiyon

6. (sometimes in the plural) shears
7. (architecture) truss

   Synonym: çatı

8. (sex) scissoring
9. (rock paper scissors) scissors
10. (wrestling) scissors, scissors hold

• “makas”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “makas”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “makas”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• makas on the Turkish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tr