कुञ्चिका

Of unclear origin. Perhaps from कुच् (kuc, “to bend, to draw together”),^[1] itself perhaps connected to Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (“to curve, bend”), whence German Höcker (“hump”).^[2]

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kuɲ.t͡ɕi.kɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkuɲ.t͡ɕi.kɑː/

कुञ्चिका • (kuñcikā) stem, f

1. key
2. name of a fish (=कुचिक (kucika))
3. a plant bearing a red and black seed used as a weight; jequirity (Abrus precatorius)
4. fennel-flower seed (Nigella indica)
5. reed (Trigonella foenum-graecum)
6. the branch or shoot of a bamboo
7. the bawd
8. "key", of a commentary on the mañjūṣā (compare केलिकुञ्चिका (kelikuñcikā))

• Gujarati: કૂંચી (kū̃cī)
• Kachchi: કૂંજી (kū̃jī)
• Kashmiri:

  Devanagari script: कुंज़ (kuṃz)

  Arabic script: کُنٛز (kunz)

• Marwari: कूंची (kūñcī)
• Odia: କଞ୍ଚି (kañci), କଞ୍ଚିକା (kañcikā), କୂଚିକା (kucikā), କୁଞ୍ଚିକା (kuñcikā)
• Pali: kuñcikā
• Punjabi:

  Shahmukhi script: کُن٘جِی (kuṉjī)

  Gurmukhi script: ਕੁੰਜੀ (kuñjī)

  • → Bengali: কুঞ্জি (kunji)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: कुंजी (kuñjī)

    Urdu: کُن٘جی (kuñjī)

    • → Malay: kunci
      • Indonesian: kunci
      • → Iban: kunchi
      • → Thai: กุญแจ (gun-jɛɛ) (semi-learned)
    • → Pashto: کنجئِي (kunjay)

  • → Maithili: कुंजि (kuñjɨ)
  • → Marathi: कुंजी (kuñjī)
  • → Nepali: कुंजि (kuñji)
  • → Western Pahari: (kõj̈i)

• Saraiki: کُن٘جِی (kuṉjī)
• Sindhi: ڪُنجيِ (kuñjī)
• → Iranian: *kunčit (possibly) (see there for further descendants)
• → Khmer: កុញ្ចែ (koñcae)
• → Lao: ກະແຈ (ka chǣ)

• Monier Williams (1899) “कुञ्चिका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0287.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kuñcikā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 165