كاكنج

Arabic

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (kākanag) (Classical Persian کاکنه (kâkuna)), whence also Classical Syriac ܩܩܢܓ (/⁠qqng⁠/).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaː.kand͡ʒ/

Noun

كَاكَنْج • (kākanj) m

1. bladder cherry (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi) plant and fruit)

Declension

Declension of noun كَاكَنْج (kākanj)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كَاكَنْج kākanj	الْكَاكَنْج al-kākanj	كَاكَنْج kākanj
Nominative	كَاكَنْجٌ kākanjun	الْكَاكَنْجُ al-kākanju	كَاكَنْجُ kākanju
Accusative	كَاكَنْجًا kākanjan	الْكَاكَنْجَ al-kākanja	كَاكَنْجَ kākanja
Genitive	كَاكَنْجٍ kākanjin	الْكَاكَنْجِ al-kākanji	كَاكَنْجِ kākanji

Descendants

• → Persian: کاکنج (kâkanaj, kâkonaj, kâkenaj) (reborrowing)
• → Middle Armenian: քաքանաճ (kʻakʻanač)
• → Spanish: alquequenje
  • → Translingual: Physalis alkekengi, Alkekengi
  • → Catalan: alquequengi
  • → French: alkékenge
    • → English: alkekengi
    • → Italian: alchechengi
    • → Portuguese: alquequenje, alquequenge (Portugal)

Further reading

• Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 250