كۈنجۈت

Uyghur

Etymology

From Common Turkic *künčit,[1] from Classical Persian کنجد (kunǰid).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kynd͡ʒyt/

Noun

كۈنجۈت • (künjüt) (plural كۈنجۈتلەر (künjütler))

  1. sesame (plant)
  2. sesame (seed)

References
  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “künçit”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 727

Further reading
  • Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN
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