noun, feminine/pis.tɔl/plural: pistoles
handgun, pistol; pistole (coin)
First attested in 1544. Uncertain. Probably ultimately from Czech píšťala (“whistle, flute”), from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīšk-.