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Persian
Noun
کنجر • (kenjar)
- (obsolete) elephant
Noun
کنجر • (konjer)
- (dialectal) pinch
Punjabi
Etymology
Comes from Kanjar, a tribe in South Asia considered outcasts due to some of their traditions.
Noun
کَن٘جَر • (kaṉjar) m (feminine کَن٘جَری, Gurmukhi spelling ਕੰਜਰ) (vulgar, derogatory, slur)
- a shameless person; a cunt; twat
- (literally) a person who's wife is a harlot
Usage notes
This term is not used to refer to the Kanjari tribe, but as a slur generally used to refer to any person.
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “کنجر”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਕੰਜਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kañjar”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press