كنج

See also: کنج

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian (konj, “corner”).

Noun

كنج • (künc)

(geometry) angle, a figure formed by two rays which start from a common point
Synonyms: بوجاق (bucak), زاویه (zaviye), كوشه (köşe)
corner, nook, the space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point
Synonyms: بوجاق (bucak), زاویه (zaviye), كوشه (köşe)
basement, cellar, or dungeon, any floor of a building situated below ground level
Synonym: پودروم (podrum)

Derived terms

كنجك (küncek, “little corner; curiosity”)

Descendants

Turkish: künc
→ Armenian: քիւնճ (kʻiwnč)

Further reading

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Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “künc”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2895
Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “كنج”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 397a
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كنج”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1043
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Angulus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 62
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كنج”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 4032
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كنج”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1575

Adjective

كنج • (genc)

Alternative form of گنج (genc, “young”)

Further reading

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Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “كنج”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 397a
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كنج”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1043
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كنج”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1575

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