گنجشک

Persian

Alternative forms

• بنجشک (benješk), کنجشک (konješk)
• گجیک (gojik) (dialectal, Khesht, Konartakhteh, Dashtestan)

Etymology

From Middle Persian wncšk' (winjišk), from earlier *winǰaicakah. Compare Baluchi جنجشک (jinjišk), Southwestern Fars بجشک (beješk), بیجیشک (bijišk).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ɡun.ˈd͡ʒiʃk/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊn.d͡ʒɪʃk]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡʊn.d͡ʒɪʃk]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ɡʊn.d͡ʒɪʃk]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ɡun.d͡ʒiʃk]

 

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥on.d͡ʒeʃkʲ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥on.d͡ʒeʃkʲ]
  • (Tehrani) IPA^(key): [ɡ̥on.d͡ʒiːʃkʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ɡun.d͡ʒiʃk]

Readings
Classical reading?	gunjišk
Dari reading?	gunjišk
Iranian reading?	gonješk
Tajik reading?	gunjišk

Noun

گنجشک • (gonješk) (plural گنجشکان)

1. sparrow

   Synonyms: چمچق (čomčoq) (usually Dari), چغوک (čoġuk), عصفور (osfur), (dialectal) چوغور (čuġur), ترغای (torġây)

Inflection

Basic forms of گنجشک

	singular	plural
bare	گنجشک (gonješk)	گنجشکان، گنجشکا△ (gonješkấn, gonješkấ△)
definitive direct object	گنجشک را، گنجشک رو△ (gonješk râ, gonješko△)	گنجشکان را، گنجشکا رو△ (gonješkấn râ, gonješkấ ro△)
ezâfe	گنجشک (gonješk-e)	گنجشکان، گنجشکای△ (gonješkấn-e, gonješkấ-ye△)
marked indefinite or relative definite	گنجشکی (gonješk-i)	گنجشکانی، گنجشکایی△ (gonješkấn-i, gonješkấi△)

^△ Colloquial.