kendir

Crimean Tatar

kenevir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kentir, *kendir (“hemp”). See Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis) for more.

Noun

kendir

1. hemp, cannabis

Declension

Declension of kendir

	singular	plural
nominative	kendir	kendirler
genitive	kendirniñ	kendirlerniñ
dative	kendirge	kendirlerge
accusative	kendirni	kendirlerni
locative	kendirde	kendirlerde
ablative	kendirden	kendirlerden

References

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*kendir”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[3], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
• “kendir”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish كندر (kendir, “hemp”), from Proto-Turkic *kentir, *kendir (“hemp”). Compare Hungarian kender, an Oghur Turkic loanword, Kazakh кендір (kendır). Possibly cognate with Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis).

Noun

kendir

1. hemp

Synonyms

• kenevir