کنجد

Persian

Alternative forms
  • کنجید (konjid)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ŠMg) / [Book Pahlavi needed] (kwncyt' /⁠kunjid⁠/, “sesame”), from Proto-Iranian *kunčit. Compare Old Armenian կնճիթ (knčitʻ), Armenian քունջութ (kʻunǰutʻ) and Georgian ქუნჯუტი (kunǯuṭi).

Noun
Dari کنجد
Iranian Persian
Tajik кунҷид

کنجد • (konjed, konjod)

  1. sesame

Synonyms

Descendants
  • Tajik: кунҷид (kunjid)
  • → Azerbaijani: küncüd
  • → Georgian: ქუნჯუტი (kunǯuṭi)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: كنجد (küncüd), كنجده (küncüde)
    > Turkish: küncü, künci, küncüt (inherited) (dialectal)
  • → Turkmen: künji
  • → Uyghur: كۈنجۈت (künjüt)
  • → Uzbek: kunjut

References
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kunǰid”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 52
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