کنجد

Persian

Alternative forms

• کنجید (konjid)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ŠMg) / [Book Pahlavi needed] (kwncyt' /⁠kunjid⁠/, “sesame”), from Proto-Iranian *kunčit. Compare Old Armenian կնճիթ (knčitʻ), Armenian քունջութ (kʻunǰutʻ) and Georgian ქუნჯუტი (kunǯuṭi).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /kun.ˈd͡ʒud/, /kun.ˈd͡ʒid/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʊn.d͡ʒɪ́d̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʊn.d͡ʒɪ́d̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰʊn.d͡ʒɪ́d̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰun.d͡ʒíd̪̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰon.d͡ʒéd̪̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰun.d͡ʒíd̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	kunjúd, kunjíd
Dari reading?	kunjid
Iranian reading?	konjed
Tajik reading?	kunjid

Noun

کنجد • (kunjid / konjed) (Tajik spelling кунҷид)

1. sesame

   Synonyms: سمسم (semsem), جلجلان (joljolân)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: küncüt
• → Georgian: ქუნჯუტი (kunǯuṭi)
• → Ottoman Turkish: كنجد (küncüd), كنجده (küncüde)

  > Turkish: küncü, künci, küncüt (inherited) (dialectal)

• → Turkmen: künji
• → Chagatai:
  • Uyghur: كۈنجۈت (künjüt)
  • Uzbek: kunjut

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “kunǰid”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 52