needle · needle (of a compass) · hand (of a watch)
çekim: çoğul aiguilles
eş: percuteur
köken: Inherited from Old French aguille, from Late Latin acūcula, diminutive of Latin acus (“needle”). Perhaps influenced phonetically by aiguiser. Compare Occitan agulha.
cursor (part of scientific instruments that indicates position) · pointer, cursor · cursor
köken: Borrowed from Latin cursor. Originally used to refer to the cursors found on slide rules and other measuring instruments; later expanded to include the digital sense of English cursor.
köken: From pege (“to point”) + finger (“finger”).
Etimoloji
Learned borrowing from Koine Greek δείκτης (deíktēs, “who shows, points”) and semantic loan from French indice, indicateur and German Anzeiger, Anzeige. The sense "index finger" from Koine δεικτικός (deiktikós) by ellipsis of the noun δάκτυλος (dáktulos) ("the finger that points").