ڪنجي

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Sindhi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀼𑀁𑀘𑀺𑀬𑀸 (kuṃciyā), from Sanskrit कुञ्चिका (kuñcikā). Cognate with Gujarati કૂંચી (kū̃cī), Kachchi કૂંજી (kūñjī), Kashmiri کُنٛز／कुंज़ (kunz), Odia କୁଞ୍ଚି (kuñci), Punjabi کُن٘جِی／ਕੁੰਜੀ (kuṉjī), and Saraiki کنجی (kuṉjī).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kʊɲ.d͡ʒiː/
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Hyphenation: ڪُن‧جيِ

Noun

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ڪُنجيِ • (kuñjī) f (Devanagari कुंजी)

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    Synonym: چاٻيِ (cāḇī)

Further reading

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  • Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988) “ڪُنجِي”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ
  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “ڪُنجيِ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kuñcikā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 165
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