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Russian
Etymology
First attested in 1780, other forms кунчук (kunčuk) in 1809, кунчуг (kunčug) in 1805, кунчут (kunčut) in 1795 and кунзют (kunzjut) in 1740. Borrowed from Kipchak *künǰüt < *künǰit (whence Tatar көнжет (könjet), көнҗет (köncet), Kyrgyz күнжүт (künjüt), Kazakh күнжіт (künjıt)).
Pronunciation
Noun
кунжу́т • (kunžút) m inan (genitive кунжу́та, nominative plural кунжу́ты, genitive plural кунжу́тов)
- beniseed, sesame
- gingelli
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References
- ^ Shansky, N. M., editor (1982), “кунжу́т”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), volume 2, number 8 (К), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 444
- ^ Vasmer, Max (1967) “кунджу́т”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), volumes 2 (Е – Муж), Moscow: Progress, page 418
- ^ Agyagási, Klára (June 2018) “О двух бродячих словах восточного происхождения в древнерусском языке ”, in Studia Slavica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
(in Russian), volume 63, number 1, Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó Zrt., →DOI, →ISSN, page 1‒4
Ukrainian
Etymology
From Persian کنجد (konjed), likely via a Turkic language.
Pronunciation
Noun
кунжу́т • (kunžút) m inan (genitive кунжу́ту, uncountable, relational adjective кунжу́тний)
- beniseed, sesame
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