کنجد
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Persian
Alternative forms
- کنجید (konjid)
Etymology
From Middle Persian (ŠMg) / (kwncyt' /kunjid/, “sesame”), from Proto-Iranian *kunčit. Compare Old Armenian կնճիթ (knčitʻ), Armenian քունջութ (kʻunǰutʻ) and Georgian ქუნჯუტი (kunǯuṭi).
Noun
| Dari | کنجد |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | кунҷид |
کنجد • (konjed, konjod)
Descendants
- Tajik: кунҷид (kunjid)
- → Azerbaijani: küncüd
- → Georgian: ქუნჯუტი (kunǯuṭi)
- → Ottoman Turkish: كنجد (küncüd), كنجده (küncüde)
- → Turkmen: künji
- → Uyghur: كۈنجۈت (künjüt)
- → Uzbek: kunjut
References
- MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kunǰid”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 52