rope (general) · chord · chord (of a string instrument)
çekim: çoğul cordes
eş: bout, commande
köken: Inherited from Middle French corde, from Old French corde, borrowed from Latin chorda (“gut”), from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, cord”).
aile: à fleur de corde, avoir plus d'une corde à son arc, cordage, corde à linge, corde à sauter, corde raide, corde vocale, cordeau, cordelet, cordelette
köken: Inherited from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, cord”). Doublet of corda.
aile: aflojar la cuerda, bajo cuerda, contra las cuerdas, cuerda al aire, cuerda de presos, cuerda dorsal, cuerda falsa, cuerda sin fin, cuerda vale, dar cuerda
köken: From Old Japanese. Compound of 弓 (yu, “bow”) + 弦 (tsuru, “string, line”). The tsuru changes to zuru as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Probably the original reading, given the etymology of the yu and yumi readings for 弓.
First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 활시울〮 (Yale: hwàlsìwúl). Equivalent to 활 (hwal, “bow”) + 시위 (siwi, “string”).