köken: Borrowed from Turkic; attested since Farrukhī Sīstānī, early 11th century, in the sense of "slap." The sense of "pistol" is also a semantic loan from Ottoman Turkish طبانجه (tabanca, “pistol”).
گه میزنم طپانچه برو گه بسینه سنگ در عاشقی جز این نبود دسترس مرا
köken: Most likely reborrowed from Persian تپانچه (tapânča), from Ottoman Turkish طبانجه (tabanca, “palm of the hand; slap; trigger of a gun; handgun”), derived from طبان (taban, “sole”), corresponding to Azerbaijani daban (“heel”).
köken: From Persian تپانچه (tapânče), from Ottoman Turkish طبانجه (tabanca, “pistol, handgun”), which is a derivation of Ottoman Turkish طبان (taban, “sole of a foot/hand”), corresponding to Kazakh табан (taban).
köken: Probably borrowed from German Pistole, from Middle French pistole, from Middle High German pitschal, pischulle, from Czech píšťala (“whistle”), from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-.
köken: Probably from French pistole, ultimately from Czech píšťala (“firearm”, literally “tube, pipe”), from pištěti (“to whistle”), of imitative origin. Perhaps, however, from Italian pistolese (“from Pistoia (a city in Tuscany)”).
köken: Ultimately from Czech píšťala (“whistle”), from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-.
köken: Borrowed from French pistolet, from Czech píšťala, from Old Czech píščala, from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-. Doublet of piszczel.
köken: Borrowed from German Pistole, from French pistole, probably ultimately from Czech píšťala (“whistle”), from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-. Doublet of píšťala.