a crescent moon on the third day of a lunar month, especially on the eighth lunar month · short for 三日月形 (mikazuki-gata): a crescent moon in general · synonym of 小爪 (kozume): a claw in the shape of a crescent moon
köken: From Old Japanese. Compound of 三日 (mika, “third day of a lunar month”) + 月 (tsuki, “moon”). The tsuki changes to zuki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
crescent moon, crescent, moon sickle, fingernail moon (the Moon as it appears early in its first quarter or late in its last quarter, when only a small arc-shaped section of the visible portion is illuminated by the Sun)
çekim: çoğul kuunsirpit · tamlayan kuunsirpin
köken: kuun (“of moon”, genitive) + sirppi (“sickle”)
crescent: The figure of the moon as it appears between its first or last quarter and the new moon, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.
çekim: çoğul bulan-bulan sabit
köken: Inherited from Malay bulan sabit. Compound of bulan + sabit.