कुंजी

See also: काजू and कुज

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Punjabi ਕੁੰਜੀ (kuñjī) / کُنجی (kunjī), from Prakrit 𑀓𑀼𑀁𑀘𑀺𑀬𑀸 (kuṃciyā), from Sanskrit कुञ्चिका (kuñcikā). Sense 3 is a semantic loan from English key.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /kʊn.d͡ʒiː/, [kʊ̃n.d͡ʒiː]

Noun

कुंजी • (kuñjī) f (Urdu spelling کنجی)

1. key

   Synonym: चाबी (cābī)

2. key, trick
4. (neologism, computing) key

Declension

Declension of कुंजी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कुंजी kuñjī	कुंजियाँ kuñjiyā̃
oblique	कुंजी kuñjī	कुंजियों kuñjiyõ
vocative	कुंजी kuñjī	कुंजियो kuñjiyo

Descendants

• → Malay: kunci
  • > Indonesian: kunci (inherited)
  • → Iban: kunchi
  • → Maguindanao: gunsi
  • → Maranao: gonsi'
  • → Kapampangan: kunsi
  • → Tagalog: kunsi
  • → Tausug: kunsi'
  • → Thai: กุญแจ (gun-jɛɛ) (semi-learned)
• → Pashto: کنجئِي (kunjay)

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kuñcikā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 165