قنوج

Persian

Alternative forms

• کنوج (kannuj)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَنُّوج (qannūj), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀉𑀚𑁆𑀚 (kaṇṇaüjja).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [qan.ˈnuːd͡ʒ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qän.núːd͡ʒ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qän.núːd͡ʒ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qän.núːd͡ʒ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qän.núd͡ʒ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qæn.núːd͡ʒ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qän.núd͡ʒ]

Readings
Classical reading?	qannūj
Dari reading?	qannūj
Iranian reading?	ğannuj
Tajik reading?	qannuj

Proper noun

قنوج • (qannuj)

1. Kannauj (a city in Uttar Pradesh, India)
   • c. 1030, Farrukhī Sīstānī, “Qaṣīda 30”, in دیوان فرخی سیستانی [Dīvān of Farrukhī]‎^[1]:

     چو بازگشت به پیروزی از در قنوج
     مظفر و ظفر و فتح بر یمین و یسار

     čū bāzgašt ba pērōzī az dar-i qannūj
     muzaffar u zafar u fath bar yamin u yasār

     When he returned in triumph from the gate of Kannauj,
     Victorious, with victory and conquest to his left and right

     (Classical Persian transliteration)