کنجد

Persian

Alternative forms

• کنجید (konjid)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ŠMg) / [Book Pahlavi needed] (kwncyt' /⁠kunjid⁠/, “sesame”), from Proto-Iranian *kunčit. Compare Old Armenian կնճիթ (knčitʻ), Armenian քունջութ (kʻunǰutʻ) and Georgian ქუნჯუტი (kunǯuṭi).

Noun

Dari	کنجد
Iranian Persian
Tajik	кунҷид

کنجد • (konjed, konjod)

1. sesame

   Synonyms: سمسم (semsem), جلجلان (joljolân)

Descendants

• Tajik: кунҷид (kunjid)
• → Azerbaijani: küncüd
• → Georgian: ქუნჯუტი (kunǯuṭi)
• → Ottoman Turkish: كنجد (küncüd), كنجده (küncüde)

  > Turkish: küncü, künci, küncüt (inherited) (dialectal)

• → Turkmen: künji
• → Uyghur: كۈنجۈت (künjüt)
• → Uzbek: kunjut

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kunǰid”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 52