شکنج

Persian

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʃi.ˈkand͡ʒ]

Readings
Classical reading?	šikanj

Noun

شکنج • (šekanj)

1. curvature, bent
2. alternative form of شکنجه (šekanje, “torment; torture”)
3. a kind of snake, viper
4. circumvention, ruse
5. exanthem

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “شکنج”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Minorsky, Vladimir (1955) “Addenda to the Ḥudūd al-ʕĀlam”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies‎^[1], volume 17, number 2, →DOI, page 257a
• Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “شکنج”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, pages 451b–452a
• Wolff, Fritz (1935) Glossar zu Firdosis Schahname‎^[3] (in German), Berlin: Reichsdruckerei, page 570b