küni

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic		کۆنی

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *küni (“co-wife”). Cognate with Turkish günü, Azerbaijani günü, Turkmen güni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kyni/

Dialectal forms

• (Ahmadabad, Kharrab) IPA^(key): [ky̞nʏ]
• (Chahak, Dermanak, Khvorakabad, Mehrzamin, Qarah Su, Sarahrud, Varsan, Zarnusheh) IPA^(key): [ki̞nɪ]
• (Chahak, Hasanabad, Yengijeh) IPA^(key): [kini̞]
• (Dermanak) IPA^(key): [ky̜nɪ]
• (Feyzabad) IPA^(key): [kynɪ]
• (Hezarabad, Kacha-ye Chahardeh, Naderabad, Qorqor, Sarband, Varsan) IPA^(key): [kinɪ]
• (Kacha-ye Chahardeh) IPA^(key): [kiniː]
• (Khaltabad, Mushakiyeh, Talkh Ab) IPA^(key): [kynʏ]
• (Kharrab) IPA^(key): [ky̜nʏ]
• (Mohsenabad) IPA^(key): [ki̞nʏ]
• (Mujan) IPA^(key): [ki̞ni̞]
• (Mujan, Shah Qoli) IPA^(key): [kɪnɪ]
• (Sadabad) IPA^(key): [kɪni̞]
• (Seft) IPA^(key): [ki̞ni]
• (Sorkh Deh) IPA^(key): [kiniˑ]
• (Vasheqan) IPA^(key): [kyni]
• (Zarnusheh) IPA^(key): [kiˈnɪɾɪ] (inflected form attested only)

Noun

küni (definite accusative küniñ, plural künilər)

1. co-wife

   Synonym: havû

Declension

Declension of küni

	singular	plural
nominative	küni	künilər
genitive	küniñ	künilərü̂ñ
dative	künikə	künilərkə
definite accusative	küniñ	künilərü
locative	küniçə	künilərçə
ablative	künidə	künilərdə
instrumental	künilə	künilərlə
equative	künivâra	künilərvâra

References

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
• Doerfer, Gerhard (1987) Lexik und Sprachgeographie des Chaladsch [Lexicon and Language Geography of Khalaj] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*güni”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill