كندش

See also: کندش

Arabic

Etymology

Classical Persian کندش (kunduš) is known to mean both the plants and the magpie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kun.duʃ/

Noun

كُنْدُش • (kunduš) m (obsolete)

1. (proscribed) alternative form of كُنْدُس (kundus, “certain saponin-containing flowering plants”)
2. (poetic) synonym of عَقْعَق (ʕaqʕaq, “magpie”)

Declension

Declension of noun كُنْدُش (kunduš)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	كُنْدُش kunduš	الْكُنْدُش al-kunduš	كُنْدُش kunduš
Nominative	كُنْدُشٌ kundušun	الْكُنْدُشُ al-kundušu	كُنْدُشُ kundušu
Accusative	كُنْدُشًا kundušan	الْكُنْدُشَ al-kunduša	كُنْدُشَ kunduša
Genitive	كُنْدُشٍ kundušin	الْكُنْدُشِ al-kunduši	كُنْدُشِ kunduši

References

• Ullmann, Manfred (1959–1970) Wörterbuch der klassischen arabischen Sprache. Band I (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 379b
• كندش on the Arabic WikipediaWikipedia ^ar, uses the word for treepie Dendrocitta specifically, which is certainly arbitrary, because the source only says it is a word for the عقعق within the corvids