كنج
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Etymology 1
From Proto-Turkic *kenče.
Adjective
گنج • (genc)
Descendants
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “genç”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كنج”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1575b
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “كنج”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français, Vienna: F. Beck, page 397a
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كنج”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1043
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Persian کنج (konj, “corner”).
Noun
كنج • (künc)
- (geometry) angle, a figure formed by two rays which start from a common point
- corner, nook, the space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point
- basement, cellar, or dungeon, any floor of a building situated below ground level
- Synonym: پودروم (podrum)
Derived terms
- كنجك (küncek, “little corner; curiosity”)
Descendants
- Turkish: künc
- → Armenian: քիւնճ (kʻiwnč)
Further reading
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “künc”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2895
- Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “كنج”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français, Vienna: F. Beck, page 397a
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كنج”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1043
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Angulus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 62
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كنج”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 4032
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كنج”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1575
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