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  ۱) قاچ؛ ۲) قاچیدن  
1) qâc (#); 2) qâcidan
Fr.: 1) tranche; 2) trancher  

  1. A thin, broad piece cut from something.

  2. To cut into slices; divide into parts (Dictionary.com).

Etymology (EN): O.Fr. escliz “splinter, fragment” (Fr. éclisse), a back-formation from esclicier “to splinter, shatter, smash;” cf. O.H.G. slihhan.

Etymology (PE): Qâc, contraction of qârc, from karj “slice, a slice of melon; a piece cut out of the collar of a garment;” ultimately from Proto-Ir. *kartaka-, from *kart- “to cut,” cf. Av. karət- “to cut;” Skt. kart- “to cut,” karəta- “knife;” Mid.Pers. kârt, → knife.