کنار

See also: كنار‎

Persian

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian [script needed] (knʾl /kanār/, “side, edge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kenɒːɾ/

Noun

کنار • (kanâr, kenâr)

1. side
2. edge
3. coast

Usage notes

• (side): کنار (kenâr) is often used like a preposition except that it is read with ezafe.

Related terms

• کناره‎ (kenâre)

Descendants

• → Bengali: কিনার (kinar)
• → Old Anatolian Turkish: كنار‎ (känar)
  • Azerbaijani: kənar
  • Ottoman Turkish: كنار‎ (kenar)
    • Turkish: kenar
    • → Arabic: كَنَار‎ (kanār, “a border in architecture”)
    • → Bulgarian: кена́р (kenár, “a kind of lace; border, end”)
    • → Macedonian: ќенар (ḱenar, “a kind of lace”)
    • → Romanian: chenar
    • → Serbo-Croatian: (“a kind of lace; border, end”)

      Cyrillic: ћѐна̄р

      Latin: ćènār

See also

• Nouns used like prepositions but read with ezafe: رو‎ (ru), پهلو‎ (pahlu), پشت‎ (pošt), جلو‎ (jelo), عقب‎ (aqab), زیر‎ (zir)

Adverb

کنار • (kenâr)

1. aside

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian. Compare Classical Syriac ܟܢܪܐ‎ (kənārā), Old Armenian քնարուկ (kʿnaruk), Iranian borrowings. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

کنار • (konâr)

1. Ziziphus, especially of species Ziziphus spina-christi