كندوج

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Arabic

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian [script needed] (kndwg /⁠kandūg⁠/), whence Persian کندو (kandu, a large clay-vessel wherein grain can be stored; beehive), کندوج (kanduj, id.), کندوک (kanduk, capacious jar as for grain) for the semantic development of which compare Latin capistērium. Cognate to Parthian [Manichaean needed] (kndwg /⁠kandūg⁠/), Ossetian хӕндуг (xændug), хӕндыг (xændyg, fence-structure to dry grain) and Classical Syriac ܟܱܢܕܘܩܳܐ (kandūqā, large grain-jar), Ancient Greek κόνδυ (kóndu, goblet), Old Armenian քանդուկ (kʻanduk, clayen grain bin), Chagatai [script needed] (kündük, water-jug), Kipchak [script needed] (kendük, flour-jar), Iranian borrowings. Apparently via extension from Akkadian 𒃶𒁺 (kandu), Aramaic כַּנְדָּא (kandā), כּדּא (kaddā), as also in rare Arabic كَدّ (kadd), from Old Tamil 𑀓𑀺𑀡𑁰𑀝𑀺 (kiṇṭi).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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كَنْدُوج or كُنْدُوج (kandūj or kundūjm (plural كَنَادِيج (kanādīj))

  1. a large vessel wherein grain can be stored

Declension

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References

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  • Ullmann, Manfred (1959–1970) Wörterbuch der klassischen arabischen Sprache. Band I (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 378b