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گنجشک

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian wncšk' (winjišk), from earlier *winǰaicakah. Compare dialectal Persian بنجشک (benješk), Baluchi جنجشک (jinjišk).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? gunjišk
Dari reading? gunjišk
Iranian reading? gonješk
Tajik reading? gunjišk

Noun

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گنجشک (gonješk) (plural گنجشکان (gonješkân))

  1. sparrow
    Synonyms: چمچق (čomčoq) (usually Dari), چغوک (čoğuk), عصفور ('osfur), چوغور (čuğur) (Yazd, northern Fars)

Inflection

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Basic forms of گنجشک
singular plural
bare گنجشک (gonješk) گنجشکان، گنجشکا (gonješkấn, gonješkấ)
definitive direct object گنجشک را، گنجشک رو (gonješk râ, gonješko) گنجشکان را، گنجشکا رو (gonješkấn râ, gonješkấ ro)
ezâfe گنجشک (gonješk-e) گنجشکان، گنجشکای (gonješkấn-e, gonješkấ-ye)
marked indefinite
or relative definite
گنجشکی (gonješk-i) گنجشکانی، گنجشکایی (gonješkấn-i, gonješkấi)

Colloquial.