کاکنج
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See also: كاكنج
Persian
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/PhysalisAlkekengi-balloon.jpg/220px-PhysalisAlkekengi-balloon.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic كَاكَنْج (kākanj), from Middle Persian [script needed] (kākanag). Doublet of کاکنه (kâkone), which was inherited.
Noun
[edit]کاکنج • (kâkanaj, kâkonaj, kâkenaj)
- Alkekengi officinarum (syn. Physalis alkekengi)
- (by extension) Any plant of the genus Physalis.
- Synonym: عروسک پشت پرده ('arusak-e pošt-e parde)
References
[edit]- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “کاکنج”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press