كنج

See also: کنج and گنج

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *kenče.

Adjective

گنج • (genc)

1. young

   Synonyms: جوان (civan), شاب (şab)

Descendants

• Gagauz: genç
• Turkish: genç
• → Crimean Tatar: genç
• → Middle Armenian: կէնճ (kēnč)
  • Armenian: կենճ (kenč)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “genç”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “كنج”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1575b
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838), “كنج”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[2], Vienna: F. Beck, page 397a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “كنج”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[3] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1043

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian کنج (konj, “corner”).

Noun

كنج • (künc)

1. (geometry) angle, a figure formed by two rays which start from a common point

   Synonyms: بوجاق (bucak), زاویه (zaviye), كوشه (köşe)

2. corner, nook, the space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point

   Synonyms: بوجاق (bucak), زاویه (zaviye), كوشه (köşe)

3. 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

• 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^[4], Vienna: F. Beck, page 397a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “كنج”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[5] (in French), 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^[6], 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^[7], Vienna, column 4032
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “كنج”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[8], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1575