Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/kunčit

This Proto-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Iranian edit

Reconstruction edit

Attested only in Middle Iranian.

Etymology edit

Presumably related to or borrowed from Sanskrit कुञ्चिका (kuñcikā, “fennel flower seed”).

Noun edit

*kunčit

sesame

Descendants edit

Northeastern Iranian:
- Khotanese: [script needed] (kuṃjsata)
  - → Proto-Tocharian:
    - Tocharian A: kuñcit
    - Tocharian B: kuñcit, kwäñcit
- Sogdo-Bactrian:
  - Khwarezmian: كنڅد (knśd /⁠*kunśid⁠/)
  - Sogdian: [script needed] (kwyštʾyc /⁠kwištēč⁠/)
Southeastern Iranian:
- Pashto: کنځله (kunźë́la), کنزله (kunzë́la)
Northwestern Iranian:
- Baluchi: کنچیث (kunčīθ)
- Kurdish:
  Central Kurdish: کونجی (kunǰī)
  
  Northern Kurdish: kuncî (kunǰī)
  
  Southern Kurdish: کونجی (kwinǰī)
- Proto-Medo-Parthian:
  - Caspian:
    - Gilaki: کوچیل (kučīl)
    - Old Mazanderani: کنجی (kunǰī)
      - Mazanderani: کانجی (kānǰī), کٚنجی (kënǰī)
  - Old Median:
    - Kermanic:
      Zoroastrian Dari, Isfahani: konǰet
      
      Kermani: konǰī
    - Semnani: کنجی (konǰī)
  - Zaza-Gorani:
    Gurani: کونجی (kunǰī)
    
    Zazaki: kuncı (kunǰe)
Southwestern Iranian:
- Middle Persian: (/⁠kunǰīd⁠/)
  Book Pahlavi script: [Book Pahlavi needed] (ŠMg), [Book Pahlavi needed] (kwncyt)
  
  Pazend script: 𐬐𐬎𐬥𐬘𐬌𐬛 (kunjid)
  - Classical Persian: کنجد (kunǰid), کنجید (kunǰīd)
    Dari: کنجد (kunǰid), کنجید (kunǰīd)
    
    Iranian Persian: کنجد (konǰed), کنجید (konjid)
    
    Tajik: кунҷид (kunjid)
    - → Middle Armenian: քնճութ (kʻnčutʻ)
      - Armenian: քնջութ (kʻnǰutʻ), Armenian: քունջութ (kʻunǰutʻ)
      - → Georgian: ქუნჯუტი (kunǯuṭi)
  - → Old Armenian: կնճիթ (knčitʻ), կնջիթ (knǰitʻ), կնջիւթ (knǰiwtʻ), կնճութ (knčutʻ), կնճիթն (knčitʻn), կանճուտ (kančut), կաճուտ (kačut)
  - → Common Turkic: *künčit
    - → Azerbaijani: (/⁠küncüt⁠/)
      Arabic script: کۆنجۆت
      
      Latin script: küncüt
    - → Mongolian: гүнжид (günžid)
    - → Russian: кунжу́т (kunžút)
    - → Turkish: küncü (dialectal)