کنج

See also: كنج

Persian

Etymology

Uncertain. Related to Sanskrit कुञ्चित (kuñcita, “curved, bent, crooked”), कुञ्चन (kuñcana, “contraction”), Old Armenian կնճիռն (knčiṙn, “knot”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kund͡ʒ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʊnd͡ʒ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʊnd͡ʒ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰʊnd͡ʒ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰund͡ʒ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰond͡ʒ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰund͡ʒ]

Readings
Classical reading?	kunj
Dari reading?	kunj
Iranian reading?	konj
Tajik reading?	kunj

Noun

کنج • (konj) (plural کنج‌ها (konj-hâ))

1. corner

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: künc
• → Armenian: քունջ (kʻunǰ)
• → Georgian: ქუნჯი (kunǯi)
• → Ottoman Turkish: كنج (künc)
  • Gagauz: genç
  • Turkish: genç
  • → Crimean Tatar: genç
  • → Middle Armenian: կէնճ (kēnč)
    • Armenian: կենճ (kenč), գ^յա̈նջ (g^yänǰ) — Van, dialectological notation, կանճ (kanč), կէնճ (kēnč) — traditional orthography

References

• Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 255