كنجي

Chadian Arabic

كنجي

Etymology

Compare Sudanese Arabic كلجة (kulja, “stork”).

Noun

كنجي • (kunji) m (plural كناجي (kanāji))

1. stork (large wading bird)
   • 2019, الكتاب المقدس بالعربي الدارجي هنا تشاد [The Bible in Chadian Arabic]‎^[1], N'Djamena: Alliance biblique du Tchad, زَبُور [Psalms] 104:17:

     دَا الْبَكَانْ الْيَسْكُنُوا فَوْقَهْ الطُّيُورْ وَ الْكُنْجِي يَبْنِي عُشَّهْ فِي شَدَرْ السَّرْوِي

     da l-bakān al-yaskunu fōgah al-tuyūr wa l-kunji yabni ʔuššah fi šadar al-sarwi

     this is the place where birds live above, and the stork builds its nest in the cypress trees

References

• Heath, Judith, Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021) Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français‎^[2] (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 77
• Pommerol, Patrice Jullien de (1999) Dictionnaire Arabe Tchadien ~ Français (in French), Éditions Karthala, →ISBN, page 742