کجک

Persian

Etymology

کج (kaj, “crooked”) +‎ ـک (-ak, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ka.ˈd͡ʒak]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.d͡ʒǽk]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.d͡ʒǽk]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰä.d͡ʒǽk]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰä.d͡ʒǽk]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæ.d͡ʒǽkʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.d͡ʒǽk]

Readings
Classical reading?	kajak
Dari reading?	kajak
Iranian reading?	kajak
Tajik reading?	kajak

Noun

کجک • (kajak)

1. elephant goad, ankus
   • c. 1649, Ṣāʾib-i Tabrīzī, “On the conquest of Qandahār and praise of Shah ʿAbbās II”, in دیوان [Dīvān]‎^[1]:

     فیلان مست عرصه هندوستان شدند
     از زخم تیغ چون کجک شاه هوشیار

     fīlān-i mast-i arsa-yi hindūstān šudand
     az zaxm-i tēğ-i čūn kajak-i šāh hōšyār

     The rutting elephants of India's battlefields became
     Sober from the wound of the king's blade, which is like the elephant goad.

     (Classical Persian romanization)

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “کجک”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim