bicska

== Hungarian == === Alternative forms === bicsak, bicske, bicski, bicskia (“shomaker's knife”) === Etymology === From Kipchak; ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bïčgak. Compare Romanian briceag and Albanian biçak. The form bicskia (“shomaker's knife”) is borrowed from Ottoman Turkish via Serbo-Croatian bičkija. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbit͡ʃkɒ] Hyphenation: bics‧ka Rhymes: -kɒ === Noun === bicska (plural bicskák) pocketknife, penknife, jack-knife, clasp-knife Synonym: zsebkés ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Árpád Berta, Studies in Turkic Etymology[1] === Further reading === bicska in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. bicska in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).