کمانچه

Persian

Etymology

From کمان (kamân, “arc”) +‎ ـچه (-če, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ka.maːn.ˈt͡ʃa/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.mɑːn.t͡ʃʰä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.mɑːn.t͡ʃʰä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰä.mɑːn.t͡ʃʰä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰä.mɔːn.t͡ʃʰä]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæ.mɒːn.t͡ʃʰe]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.mɔn.t͡ʃʰä]

Readings
Classical reading?	kamānča
Dari reading?	kamānča
Iranian reading?	kamânče
Tajik reading?	kamonča

Noun

کمانچه • (kamânče) (plural کمانچه‌ها)

1. kamancheh
2. fiddle, violin

Descendants

• → Arabic: كَمَنْجَة (kamanja)
• → Armenian: քամանչա (kʻamančʻa)
• → Azerbaijani: kamança
• → Georgian: ქამანჩა (kamanča)
• → Gujarati: કમાનચા (kamāncā)
• → Ottoman Turkish: كمانچه (kemençe)
  • Turkish: kemençe
  • → Macedonian: кемане (kemane)
• → Turkmen: kemençe