کسنی

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See also: کاسنی and گشنیز

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ğaznī in Zābulistān said to be the home of the plant.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? kasnī, kisnī

Noun

کَسنی or کِسنی (kasni or kesni)

  1. (obsolete) hing (oleo-gum-resin of Ferula spp.)
    Synonyms: حلتیت (heltit), آنغوزه (ânğuze), کما (komâ, kamâ)

Descendants

  • Arabic: قَسْنِيّ (qasniyy) (but claimed in Persian dictionaries, not Arabic sources)
  • Middle Mongol: 哈昔泥 (xa-si-ni)

References

  • Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “کسنی”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
  • Laufer, Berthold (1919) Sino-Iranica: Chinese contributions to the history of civilization in ancient Iran, with special reference to the history of cultivated plants and products (Fieldiana, Anthropology; 15), volume 3, Chicago: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, pages 361, 575
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “کسنی”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 835a