گنج

See also: کنج and كنج

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠ganǰ⁠/, “treasure”), from Old Persian *ganzah (“treasure”), probably from Old Median *ganǰam (“treasure”). See Arabic كَنْز (kanz, “treasure”).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡänd͡ʒ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡänd͡ʒ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡänd͡ʒ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡänd͡ʒ̥]

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

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡänd͡ʒ]

Readings
Classical reading?	ganj
Dari reading?	ganj
Iranian reading?	ganj
Tajik reading?	ganj

Noun

گنج • (ganj) (plural گنج‌ها (ganj-hā / ganj-hâ), Tajik spelling ганҷ)

1. treasure
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1862:

     چونی ای عیسای عیسی دم ز رنج
     که نبود اندر جهان بیمار گنج

     čōn-ī 'isā-yi 'isa dam zi ranj
     ki na-būd andar jahān bē-mār ganj

     How art thou as to affliction, O thou Jesus who hast the (healing) breath of Jesus?
     For there never was in the world a treasure without a snake.

2. store
3. granary

Derived terms

• پنج گنج (panj-ganj)
• گنجه (ganje)
• گنجور (ganjur)
• گنجینه (ganjine)
• گنجینه‌دار (ganjine-dâr)
• گنج‌بان (ganj-bân)
• گنج‌نامه (ganj-nâme)
• گنج‌یاب (gan-yâb)

Related terms

• گنزک (ganzak)
• غزنی (ġazni)