کج

See also: گج, گچ, and کخ

Persian

Alternative forms

• کژ (kaž)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kog-, *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook, claw”). Related to چنگ (čang). Cognate with English hook.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈkad͡ʒ/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäd͡ʒ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäd͡ʒ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰäd͡ʒ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰäd͡ʒ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæd͡ʒ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰäd͡ʒ]

• Rhymes: -ad͡ʒ

Readings
Classical reading?	kaj
Dari reading?	kaj
Iranian reading?	kaj
Tajik reading?	kaj

Adjective

کج • (kaj) (Tajik spelling каҷ)

1. crooked, leaning

   برج کج پیزا

   borj-e kaj-e pizâ

   The Leaning Tower of Pisa

Descendants

• → Chagatai:
  • Uyghur: كاج (kaj)
  • Uzbek: kaj, koj
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: कज (kaj)

  Urdu: کج (kaj)

• → Turkmen: keç

References

• Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864), “کج”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, pages 798b–800a
• Nourai, Ali (2011), An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 217
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “کج”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “کج”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian کج (kaj, “crooked”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kəd͡ʒ/

Adjective

کَج • (kaj) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling कज)

1. crooked, bent