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 (kuṃz), Odia କୁଞ୍ଚି (kuñci), Punjabi ਕੁੰਜੀ (kuñjī), 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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