طورناویدا

• طورناوید (tornavid)

From a dialectal variant of Italian tornavite (itself an archaic synonym of cacciavite (“screwdriver”)), from tornare (“to turn, return”) + vite (“screw”).

طورناویدا • (tornavida)

1. screwdriver, a hand tool used to turn a screw, thus driving it in or loosening it

• ویده (vida, “screw”)

• Turkish: tornavida
• → Armenian: թօռնօվիտա (tʻōṙnōvita) — Constantinople

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