کنجر
Persian
editNoun
editکنجر • (kenjar)
Noun
editکنجر • (konjer)
Punjabi
editEtymology
editComes from Kanjar, a tribe in South Asia considered outcasts due to some of their traditions.
Noun
editکَن٘جَر • (kaṉjar) m (feminine کَن٘جَری, Gurmukhi spelling ਕੰਜਰ) (vulgar, derogatory, slur)
Usage note
editThis term is not used to refer to the Kanjari tribe, but as a slur generally used to refer to any person.
Further reading
edit- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “کنجر”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਕੰਜਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kañjar”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press