کنج

See also: كنج

Persian

Etymology

Uncertain. Related to Sanskrit कुञ्चित (kuñcita, “curved, bent, crooked”), कुञ्चन (kuñcana, “contraction”), Old Armenian կնճիռն (knčiṙn, “knot”).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʊnd͡ʒ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʊnd͡ʒ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰʊnd͡ʒ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰund͡ʒ̥]

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

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰund͡ʒ]

Readings
Classical reading?	kunj
Dari reading?	kunj
Iranian reading?	konj
Tajik reading?	kunj

Noun

کنج • (kunj / konj) (plural کنج‌ها (kunj-hā / konj-hâ), Tajik spelling кунҷ)

1. corner

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: künc
• → Armenian: քունջ (kʻunǰ)
• → Georgian: ქუნჯი (kunǯi)
• → Ottoman Turkish: كنج (künc)
  • Turkish: künc
  • → Armenian: քիւնճ (kʻiwnč)

References

• Nourai, Ali (2011), An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 255