کسنی

See also: کاسنی and گشنیز

Persian

Alternative forms

• گِسنی (gesni)

Etymology

From Ğaznī in Zābulistān said to be the home of the plant.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [kas.niː], [kis.niː]

Readings
Classical reading?	kasnī, kisnī

Noun

کَسنی or کِسنی • (kasni or kesni)

1. (obsolete) hing (Ferula assa-foetida)

   Synonyms: حلتیت (heltit), آنغوزه (ânğuze), کما (komâ, kamâ)

Descendants

• → Arabic: قَسْنِيّ (qasniyy) (but claimed in Persian dictionaries, not Arabic sources)
• → Middle Mongol: 哈音昵 (xa-si-ni)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “کسنی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Laufer, Berthold (1919) Sino-Iranica: Chinese contributions to the history of civilization in ancient Iran, with special reference to the history of cultivated plants and products (Fieldiana, Anthropology; 15), volume 3, Chicago: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, pages 361, 575
• Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “کسنی”, 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, page 835a