کاکنج

See also: كاكنج

Persian

کاکنج

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَاكَنْج (kākanj), from Middle Persian [script needed] (kākanag). Doublet of کاکنه (kâkone), which was inherited.

Noun

کاکنج • (kâkanaj, kâkonaj, kâkenaj)

1. Alkekengi officinarum (syn. Physalis alkekengi)
2. (by extension) Any plant of the genus Physalis.

   Synonym: عروسک پشت پرده ('arusak-e pošt-e parde)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “کاکنج”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press