کنجد

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کنجد

Alternative forms edit

کنجید (konjid)

Etymology edit

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ŠMg) / [Book Pahlavi needed] (kwncyt' /⁠kunjid⁠/, “sesame”), from Proto-Iranian *kunčit. Compare Old Armenian կնճիթ (knčitʻ), Armenian քունջութ (kʻunǰutʻ) and Georgian ქუნჯუტი (kunǯuṭi).

Noun edit


Iranian Persian	کنجد
Dari	کنجد
Tajik	кунҷид

کنجد • (konjed, konjod)

sesame

Synonyms edit

سمسم (semsem)
جلجلان (joljolân)

Descendants edit

Tajik: кунҷид (kunjid)
→ Azerbaijani: küncüd
→ Georgian: ქუნჯუტი (kunǯuṭi)
→ Ottoman Turkish: كنجد (küncüd), كنجده (küncüde)
> Turkish: küncü, künci, küncüt (inherited) (dialectal)
→ Turkmen: künji
→ Uyghur: كۈنجۈت (künjüt)
→ Uzbek: kunjut

References edit

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kunǰid”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 52

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