كاكنج
Arabic
Etymology
From Middle Persian [script needed] (kākanag) (Classical Persian کاکنه (kâkuna)), whence also Classical Syriac ܩܩܢܓ (/qqng/).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaː.kand͡ʒ/
Noun
كَاكَنْج • (kākanj) m
- bladder cherry (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi) plant and fruit)
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | كَاكَنْج kākanj |
الْكَاكَنْج al-kākanj |
كَاكَنْج kākanj |
| nominative | كَاكَنْجٌ kākanjun |
الْكَاكَنْجُ al-kākanju |
كَاكَنْجُ kākanju |
| accusative | كَاكَنْجًا kākanjan |
الْكَاكَنْجَ al-kākanja |
كَاكَنْجَ kākanja |
| genitive | كَاكَنْجٍ kākanjin |
الْكَاكَنْجِ al-kākanji |
كَاكَنْجِ kākanji |
Descendants
- → Persian: کاکنج (kâkanaj, kâkonaj, kâkenaj) (reborrowing)
- → Middle Armenian: քաքանաճ (kʻakʻanač)
- → Spanish: alquequenje
- → Translingual: Physalis alkekengi, Alkekengi
- → Catalan: alquequengi
- → French: alkékenge
- → English: alkekengi
- → Italian: alchechengi
- → Portuguese: alquequenje, alquequenge (Portugal)
Further reading
- Ciancaglini, Claudia A. (2008) Iranian loanwords in Syriac (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 28), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 250