کنج
Appearance
See also: كنج
Persian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Related to Sanskrit कुञ्चित (kuñcita, “curved, bent, crooked”), कुञ्चन (kuñcana, “contraction”), Old Armenian կնճիռն (knčiṙn, “knot”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [kund͡ʒ]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰond͡ʒ̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [kʰund͡ʒ]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | kunj |
Dari reading? | kunj |
Iranian reading? | konj |
Tajik reading? | kunj |
Noun
[edit]کنج • (konj) (plural کنجها (konj-hâ))
Descendants
[edit]- → Azerbaijani: künc
- → Armenian: քունջ (kʻunǰ)
- → Georgian: ქუნჯი (kunǯi)
- → Ottoman Turkish: كنج (künc)
References
[edit]- Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 255