For clearing the confusion: Ālpin आलपिन means a small pin without an eye 📍. It is used to tie papers, clothes, or tags together. The safety pin is a variation of the regular pin (ālpin) which became convenient to use as it has a clasp with a guard covering its point when closed.

@avtansa And i used to think that All-Pin is short for All-Purpose-Pin.

@varungrover Ha ha, all-purpose-pin > alpin -- sounds cool and logical. That's is how ''folk etymology'' is woven 😄

@avtansa I could be wrong, but as kids we ways referred to 🧷 as safety pin and 📍as alpin

@grittygandalf You are not wrong

@avtansa Doesn't "keel" refer to a nail in Hindi? as an usage example, "keel thokna". Is there a link in origins between Andalusian Arabic and subcontinent H/U?

@rayinsight कील kīl (nail, peg) looks similar to the Andalusian Arabic word but they are unrelated. It is from Sanskrit कीलकः kīlakaḥ

@avtansa Alpin is different from safety pin - alpin is the pin used to bind paper, alternative to staplers or paper clips

@avtansa In Nepali, killa is nail.

@avtansa My grandparents used the word "baskua" when I was young. Any idea what' the origin of that?

@avtansa The ultimate safety is provided by the safety pin. A simple and fabulous device.

@avtansa In Sinhala "hetta katuwa" ( हेट्टा कटुवा) “hetta” means blouse “katawa” means pin

@avtansa In Konkani we call it "alpinit"

@avtansa Wasnt the paper pin referred to as that? It used to sound like oilpin & I always wondered why kids called it that! Safety pin was always safety pin though

@avtansa What is a baksua, then? I always thought it was a safety pin!!