چغندر

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Persian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Bailey derives from Proto-Iranian *čak- (be pointed, horned) (compare Khotanese [script needed] (cakurīka-, wood sorrel), Persian چکش (čakoš, hammer)), from Proto-Indo-European *kek-, *kenk-, *keg-, *keng- (be pointed; hook, peg), on which see Pokorny.[1][2]

An improbable origin from Old Armenian ճակնդեղ (čakndeł) has also been suggested.

Cognate with Kurdish çewender, چەوەندەر (çewender), Gurani چۆنڎەری (čōnḓarī), Talysh чәғынде (beet); çəğınde, Northern Kurdish çarkindêle (beet; carrot) and the Iranian borrowings: Old Armenian ճակնդեղ (čakndeł, beet), Old Georgian ჭაკუნტელი (č̣aḳunṭeli), Chinese 莙薘莙荙 (jūndá, chard).

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰʊ.ɣʊn̪.d̪ʊ́ɾ], [t͡ʃʰʊ.ɣʊn̪.d̪ǽɾ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰʊ.ɣʊn̪.d̪ʊ́ɾ], [t͡ʃʰʊ.ɣʊn̪.d̪ǽɾ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t͡ʃʰu.ɣun̪.d̪úɾ], [t͡ʃʰu.ɣun̪.d̪ǽɾ]

Readings
Classical reading? čuğundur, čuğundar
Dari reading? čuğundur, čuğundar
Iranian reading? čoğondar, čoğondur
Tajik reading? čuġundur, čuġundar

Noun[edit]

چغندر (classical čuğundar, čuğundur, iranian čoğondar, čoğondur)

  1. beet

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bailey, H. W. (1979) Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, page 97
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 537–538

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