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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

Reconstruction

Attested only in Middle Iranian.

Etymology

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

Noun

*kunčit

  1. sesame

Descendants
  • Northeastern Iranian:
    • Khotanese: [script needed] (kuṃjsata)
      • → Proto-Tocharian:
    • 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:
      • 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)

Further reading
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 95
  • Laufer, Berthold (1919) Sino-Iranica: Chinese contributions to the history of civilization in ancient Iran, with special reference to the history of cultivated plants and products (Fieldiana, Anthropology; 15), volume 3, Chicago: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, page 288
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pages 727-728
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